Never fall in love with a poet... by A Thomas Hawkins

I just want to share this beautiful poem I came across today in Hello Poetry.Com.

Never fall in love with a poet... 

Never fall in love with a poet
for their words are sometimes lies
on occasions they're a shield
on occasions a disguise

They will take you on a journey
upon which they bare their soul
in a bid to ease your burdens
in a bid to make you whole

But in every word they choose
for the stories that they tell
lies a little piece of heaven
and a little piece of hell

Tormented souls we poets are
sometimes quite broken and despaired
in search of lost expressions
missed by others who once cared

Never fall in love with a poet
unless you're prepared to share their pain
to hold them close on the darkest nights
over and again

My favorite lines are:

 But in every word they choose
for the stories that they tell
lies a little piece of heaven
and a little piece of hell

 Tormented souls we poets are
sometimes quite broken and despaired

 I haven't been writing poems for a long time. Sometimes I have the feeling but I can't find the right words. And, at other times I have the right words but they are empty without the right feeling. I hope to be able to strike both at the same time soon.

Yay for poets!
Yay for people unafraid to say how they feel!
Yay for people who knows the right words and how to say them!
Yay for inspiration!
Yay for poetry!