or,

is it housed inside emotive

phrases?

is it through years

of being forced to read

literature that will be of benefit

to your future but; hesitate

to touch any soda pop art

at present?

the truth is there is no answer

because by the time you realise

what your poetic journey —

holds, its weight becomes

a casualty equal to shylock

and his pound of unrequited

flesh — each time you scribe

a piece of you is released

— by the time you are ready

to pass the last morsel

of your soul will be

lost inside of a zephyr

— that will never allow

for it to touch

an earth not ready

to receive a fuelled