------The Poet's Impetus------
R. Wayne Porter 5/14/98
you talk
the talk
selecting words
that drift off
silently
touching souls
as powerful,
submerged icebergs
hoping
personal interpretation
invokes dramatic reaction
you walk
the walk
skirting whirlpools
dancing the rapids
chasing the eye of the storms
intoxicated
by life's potential
you devour
uninhibited joy
sink in the morass of sorrow
daring to share
emotional explosions
describing
elements of life
to blind eyes and deaf ears
copyright © 1998 R. Wayne Porter