I'm a frustrated poet, and I'm not ashamed to say it. I love poetry - hence my name here at Hive - but I know that no one lives by poetry.
Good thing I don't write poetry for money, but for passion. In a world where we all must wear clothes to hide our nakedness, and where we must carry masks to defend ourselves by hiding who we really are from possible predatory enemies, I write poetry to bare my soul, to connect with my roots, to feel at one with the universe.
I write poetry to feel good, to express what I feel, what I believe and how I perceive it. My lyrics are light, my metaphors are deep. I write poetry to impact my mind and the minds and hearts of those around me.
Poetry is my way of life, it is my art, it is my hobby, it is my passion. The muses that inspire me are not always willing and not always beautiful or pleasant. My poetic inspiration is unique, but variable, erratic at times, stable at others, and the only thing I know is that every time I write, a change in my inner self makes me different and better.
The only thing I know is that when I write poetry I am sincere, and I allow myself to be who I am. I am a writer who in the depths of its soul knows that I should be doing something more productive, but that I could not survive without that breath of fresh air that constantly feeds its being, nourishes its senses, and frees it from the heavy setbacks of life, even if only for moments.
Not always those who read my poetry understand it, but it always reaches some hidden place in their souls and it is there where my words are treasured.
When I express my words through poetry, my art, creativity and my feelings come to the surface at their highest level. I am not a genius poet. I don't live from poetry, but I live for it.
Deep down I know that there are people who make a living from writing poetry, but they are not many, and I definitely am not one of them. But I don't care, because the only thing that matters to me about poetry, it already gives it to me.
If you write out of passion - as I do - everything else doesn't matter. There are no obstacles in the mind of a poet who expresses what it wants, when it wants and how it wants, there is only happiness.
Tiredness does not defeat me, because my poetry comforts me. Saying what we want to say has that effect. And as I advance on my poetic path, poetry teaches me new paths each time.
Poetry has taught me that a poet -although many believe otherwise- is not just anyone. Because a poet is not whoever wants to be, but whoever can and manages to be one, beyond words, beyond doubts.