A Softer Rhyme Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Are the feelings soft,
but the words rock hard

Turning emotion into anger
or worse

Are those wishes pure
when the ink goes down

Are the letters aligned
or off course

Are the feelings soft,
but the sentences vile

When frustration takes over
your rhyme

Is the Muse trying to whisper
as you shout to the crowd …

"Step back,
—nothing forced is sublime"

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February,2016)