The Soul Of A Poet

I think at times our souls must suffer

and our hearts become our buffer

We write of truth and of sadness

into our life we bring such madness

To make our poetry true and right

we must feel the pain we write

So we put sadness in our hearts

it is the way our poetry starts

We may stir up controversy

we are poets (Lord have mercy)

some may criticize what we do

So poets to your hearts be true

c Crowley 6/14/07