Why I Write Poetry

Poetry
is like therapy
allows me to be
independent and free
to reconsider what I see.

I analyze the past
what made the thought last
watch in a new light cast
Slow down the film from fast
Determine why I was aghast.

It is also an art form
an outlet to inform
a release from the conform
like a painters delightful arm
the picture doth make me warm.

Poetry
is freedom of me
the ability to see
what was the me
and what I shall be.