Alive In Poetry Poem by Funkekeme Akposeye

Have you given birth?
If you have written poetry then you have
It doesn ' t matter if you are young or old
Man or woman
Tall or short
Poets give life to words
Everyday, in every way, everywhere
In a hectic day, a tiring day, a celebration
day
At a frantic pace
Running life ' s race
Poetry is like a sword
Used to clear the way
For better days
I write to keep memories
To forever remember
Everyday like the twenty fifth of December
What makes you write?
Is it when you are down or feeling alright
That you write?
You see the light at the end of the tunnel
of life
When you inspire
To rise higher
With your imagination
Pen to paper, the magical combination
One way or the other we are all poets
I see the world is blind and poetry are the
glasses
I feel the world is uneducated and poetry
are the classes
I believe the world needs to celebrate,
raise the poets, we are the glasses
I believe the world want ' s to grow, poetry
is the grasses
That tune in your head
Those verses and words in your head as
you go to bed
I am glad to be amongst you
I feel in my heart, we are a chosen few
Its a honor to be called a poet
We will be forever putting words together
Me and my poetic brothers
It filled the space in my world, the void
Inspiration from all around, even the
earth, dirt and death.
Recognition for all these unknown great
poets, i feel is long overdue
I mean its not everybody that can make
you smile by writing about the morning
dew
We poets don ' t just write expressive
rhythmic verses
These words, they breathe, they live and
they thirst
I pray our imaginations
There will never be reduction
We will be forever strong like an erection
We will continue to create these amazing
sensations
Wherever you are
Who ever you are
Continue to give life corrections
Continue to give life directions
To all my great poets across all nations
These are my salutations.