Sometimes,
when inspiration runs dry,
I drink classical music
until my words spill out.

It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.

Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.

There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down.

Because at night
when others are sleeping,
I drown myself
in poetry.

Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be.