A Poet looks at things differently

A Poet looks at things differently

A Poet like myself looks at things just a little bit

differently from anyone else, for instance, when

you see a flower in a field of weeds, like most

"Oh, it is a pretty red rose or even yellow daisy,

but I look past the obvious usually because I am

always oblivious, so when I look at the flower in my

head and I see a beautiful chance to preserve its

absolute beauty in that through the use of my

photography that I could also use to hold onto

the ink of my poetry. Next, when you look into

eyes of another you see nothing but the different

shades of color, whereas I can see all of their

hopes and dreams and the flames from a fire

born of passion that is burning deep down

inside raging out of control yet hidden by many

years of lies and unfaithfulness while being

ferociously guarded by the unhealed scars

left from a broken heart. The next example is

where most people will, unfortunately, look at

someone who is a little plain maybe in her face

and maybe slightly overweight, they see a fat

ugly person calling her those very same names

to her face which by the way is absolutely wrong

and yes indeed verbal abuse is the worst for those

wounds may sometimes never heal as words

can cut you like a dagger slicing a heart in two

which to me is a very critical error among many

traits of our so-called humanity that can be

corrected by the education of the ignorant and

misconception, for when I am looking straight

at her' she is the most incredible woman who

reminds of a caterpillar to a butterfly so give

her a chance with a beautiful mind and gorgeous

heart that would do anything to feel like that

and more and a sexy soul who could warm you

more than any other as she is an angel without her

wings. Even those who have made a past mistake

or two got caught did their time, paid their dues

who has cried many nights praying to God letting

everyone know just how sorry they are getting a

kind of redemption learning their lesson and even

released from prison, yet they will in effect

stay behind the bars of the limitations of human

emotions and feelings yet again more mistakes

of the human condition which is to say that you will

do one thing but do another by saying to them

you did your time paid for the crime your free to go

only to find it is all a lie for nobody ever forgave or

will forgive looking at you like you have nothing

to give them not given a chance to redeem what

was broken causing a big commotion to ensure

inside of themselves causing anger and hate to

begin then drinking or using drugs to hide all the

pain they are in, that is the reason that addiction

begins and why it has taken over all because

nobody cares a shit about anybody but themselves,

I see somebody I should hire felony or not, why not?

They already made all their mistakes so they are not

afraid to work hard for a job and they did not need a

million dollars, just happy to have money in their

pockets and free to walk down to the street to go to

any store shopping, SO, if you like what I am saying and

want to hear more than the stories I am telling, just

ask me how or any Poet because. We all basically

believe in and think with the same mind that is

coming from somewhere up heaven and what you

find there which is peace, love, and understanding

of everything we do, for Poetry is not just a bunch

of the rhyming words set in sentences, it is not

just emotions and feelings it is our way of life and the

way we live it

Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.

A Poet's Journey