Participation
Does reading my work
cause play on your face
a smile turns up lips
as you turn the page?
The rendering here of poetry
is but what you know of me
do you seek familiarity
of artistic grace to please?
As you read each piece
does your mind awake
feel the current crackling
as curiosity's slaked?
I string along this poetry
the words are gems; this jewelry
becomes what I shall never be -
beauty, luminous, bright and free...
While perusing my writing
do you feel, perhaps a birth
a kinship here with heartache,
a sisterhood with mirth?
I set down in this poetry
all the colors of emotion I see
aching love, and joy carefree
all which make my soul complete.
When witnessing this text
from a simple poet's heart now bared
Are you inspired, now, maybe
with your own creation to share?
K.E.C., 01 June 1997