To Be A Poet... Poem by Laxman Rao

To be a poet
You need to awaken your mind
In the mid night
Of the growing dark
As the spirits awaken their soul.

To become a poet
You need to evoke the faculty
Those which still brightens
The broad day light
As the rays shimmers the mirage

To live as a poet
You need to keep the light alive
Midst of all hindrances
And hurricanes of life
Pursuing blindly with a mind's eye

To be dead as a poet
All you need to do is..Is to be you
As thy words describe thine verse
Thine gravestone would
Decor thine name...

Akin to the dazzling ornaments
Spoken after its goldsmith fame.