30 The Pen of Life
Just like a poet’s pen
It never ever seems to end
A poet’s notes
They are PRECIOUS QUOTES
A poet’s mind It’s always on time
A poet’s brain It’s so ready to gain
Just like a poet’s time
You cannot rewind Although you can
Fast forward time
I WONDER IF A POET
Ever wrote about (The Blind)
A poet’s vision
Is seen through a frame
And without vision
A poet knows EVERYTHING
How the story ends Before it begins
Who will be enemies
And who will remain friends?
Who will cry and yes Who will die?
Who would tell a lie?
Just to pass Time by
Who’s a true friend in the bitter end
So, what is a poet without its pen?
What most people don’t know
About that snow If the SUN don’t shine
The snow doesn’t show
Neither does tomorrow
But some will never know
If rain makes you sad
And it was taken away
You would swear That you died
And you were buried alive
With dry tears in your eyes
On a day Without a day
A poet’s best friend Lives within
The walls that can talk
And sometimes I swear walk
WOULD it have been fine?
If I would ‘ve kept you
MANKIND pure blind
Never to redefine
Undivine, No Kind, Unrefined,
Falling – behind
A CONFINED
(LINE)
Within my mind
Stuck in time?
There’s No Need for petty crimes
(Your mind becomes Your time)
And
On the other side
No rhythm No rhyme.
A poet’s letter I tried to send
A poet’s like
Paper – chasing in the wind
Without vision
The poet becomes The pen
A pen’s mind
Commits a crime
And swears it was just a rhyme
Without reason
Very little rhythm
MAYBE IT WAS JUST A POET’S WAY OF
INSTILLING WISDOM
ABOUT
LOVE.
Until this pen Recognizes its sin
It will remain on earth Such as Dry land
Never to understand KNOWLEDGE
Or even comprehend again (A gain)
He will picture rain
Snow thunder lightning
And hail Felt by The WRATH of The wind
Only to have The CHOSEN SON
In the bitter end Return him to dust
Blowin’ in wind.
Topaz Terry uses writing to process and think about life and has for many years. Her professor Veronica Johnson appreciated how Topaz used poetry to communicate in a unique and deep way. In class to improve reading comprehension skills and her writing skills, Topaz used poetry writing to process ideas about life in a different way than other students and improve her communication with her instructor and reflect about life. In the future, Professor Johnson cautiously suggested Topaz might condense her thoughts and focus, consider audience, and explore other poetic forms more formally in the future—all the while NOT destroying her existing lyrical sensibility.