What is a Poet?

A poet is a melancholic being, often a deeply depressed one.

A poet is a heartbroken soul

One that romanticizes all things

One that believes in soulmates 

One that thinks he lost his.

A poet’s thoughts are the darkest place to be

If the poet wrote about you, you should know you are not special. 

You either broke his heart, stole his thoughts, or traumatized his soul.

You could have done it all, but the poet would still have loved you 

The poet tortures himself by putting his distressed misery into words

Words that rhyme and sing, things that the tyrant loves to hear.

The poet has no shame as he uses his enemies as inspiration

And falls in love with his friends 

He tells you lies to cover his pain. 

Otherwise, how could people understand his remaining?

The poet only listens to himself. 

Or his thoughts, as for him, his thoughts don’t belong to him. 

He listens to this voice and writes its requests.

Almost like a dead spirit, who wants to let go of his feelings

Through the poet’s words.

The poet won’t ever get recognized 

The reader won’t appreciate it and his painful words will be in vain.

Still wish to be a poet? I’m afraid you can’t choose to write 

Only a miserable heart can rhyme, create the art of failing every time 

So that others can feel thrive.