Glimpses from a Window

What is a poem?

These lyrical little glimpses oflife,

Snippets from the window of one'ssoul;

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 oflife,

Of the sun and stars, moon and sky.'

 

Quickly the words leap out from thepage

Flowing swiftly like watersdownstream;

Painting a portrait of metaphor,

Creating a world filled with wonderfuldreams.

Finding our souls with a measure sosure

That the truth of it cuts like aknife.

Leaving us wondering who stole ourtale

In a glimpse from the window of life.