What's in a Poem?
by Jen Miller

What's in a poem
that makes it a poem?
Is it about your secret fears..
Or maybe the sadness you keep inside
That makes you burst into tears..
What's in a poem that makes it true?
Is it your hopes and dreams?
Or maybe something that is nothing
Or how something always seems...
What's within a poem--
Is it your past memories?
Or maybe stories carried by the wind
That rustle the leaves in the trees...
What's the truth in a poem--
Is it your own image of you?
Or is it that to you it's always
Somewhat, somehow true....
What do poems hold?
Is it the truth or a lie....
Or is it the faces and voices you see
As life rushes by.....
What's in a poem that makes it a poem?
Is it the thoughts in your mind?
Or is it a dream, a victory
For you one day to find.....
What's within a Poem?