I write poetry
to contemplate all that is
unknown to me.

I find my imagination
and the placement of an apostrophe
easier to understand than humanity.

I feel more comfortable
with grammatical syntax
than I do listening to a world's suffering soundtracks.

I can use my love of detail
to picture a human race that doesn't
thrive off making its members fail.

Writing makes me a child again,
foresees unpredictable circumstance,
motivates me to keep "going the distance"
brings me back to the times you held my hand,
reinvigorates my love for far lands
and all the gracious souls I met in Thailand.


Writing can make me old before my time
or infinitely young,
simultaneously,
in a single rhyme.