Glimpses from a Window

What is a poem?

These lyrical little glimpses of life,

Snippets from the window of one's soul;

A tiny picture framed in rhyme,

Formed by words as they unfold.

'Come, let me show, let me demonstrate',

Pleads the poet's gentle sigh.

'Let my words paint a landscape of life,

Of the sun and stars, moon and sky.'

 

Quickly the words leap out from the page

Flowing swiftly like waters downstream;

Painting a portrait of metaphor,

Creating a world filled with wonderful dreams.

Finding our souls with a measure so sure

That the truth of it cuts like a knife.

Leaving us wondering who stole our tale

In a glimpse from the window of life.