The Poet And The Poem Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Between the Poet and the poem
Who is telling the story?
Sometimes the Poet's message
Is drenched in despair
Should we get concerned?
Or should we pray for the poem?
It is a beautiful relationship
Between the Poet and the poem
They are holding each other
Intimately embracing each other
The message is not separable from them
The message is flowing out of the river of the spirit
And the Poet and the poem are both vessels
To carry the message downstream
Into the heart of humanity
Sometimes the poetic spirit wants to bring comfort
To those who are enveloped by the blanket of sorrow
Other times the spirit is comforting the Poet
It is not easy to dislodge the poem from the Poet
This is a bond between lovers or dreamers or seekers
They are forever tied to each other
Always in each other's lap
The Poet and the poem are branches of the same tree - spirit
They are feeding from the same root
They are standing on the same ground
They are funnelling the same energy
The Poet and the poem are inseparable
But the Poet has to let go of the poem
And let it be planted in other people's hearts
This is the gift of poetry to humanity
For the Poet to share his/her spirit
With others

©Kenneth Maswabi