Beginnings

They say it's a hobby

Poetry is a pass time

It's not even art

Or genuine writing

It's just a few sentences strung together

It requires minimal thinking

Minuscule effort

So in essence poetry is fickle

Does not require much

Does not pay

One cannot use it as a means of income

It cannot sustain me

Or you

Or anybody for that matter

What they neglect to mention

Is that poetry is who I am

It is my reason for being

My smile

My sorrow

My comfort

Poetry is my being