Poetic Expressions

As I mentioned in Rewriting your Life Part 1&2, writing is very important to planning, building, and achieving your goals.   But the process of writing can also be very therapeutic.  Poetry is my favorite writing form and I have been writing poems for as long as I can remember.   Good poetry expresses a message or an emotion.  When you write poetry you create a voice/tone for your reader/listener.  After experiencing your work they should have a clear image of the message or emotion you decided convey when you first picked up a pencil and paper.  The beauty of poetry is that it can evoke a myriad of emotions and responses. The best creative expression is limitless and not binded to rules and the more freedom you allow when writing the better the finished product. Below is a poem that I have written.  Can you guess which emotion I am trying to express? Is there an additional message embedded? 


After reading my poem, I encourage you to pick up a pencil and paper and spend 15 minutes writing a poem of your own.  Remember, this is not 11th grade English class, you will not be graded or judged on this work. So relax.  Just allow the spirit to come through and take over, giving you the words to say.  We all have something to say. Keep in mind that negative emotions can be expressed in the arts, but that does not make the artist a negative person.  In fact, this is one of the best ways to release those negative emotions, feelings, or thoughts from your spirit. So write whatever comes to your mind and after reviewing your work, notice the difference in how you feel - before and after writing the piece. Have fun and feel free to post comments or poems to this blog!

Light & Love,
TJ

Here's my piece:

If I look outside

If I look outside me,
Focus clearly
My eyes ache from the pains
That I feel surrounding me
Closing in on my skin

If I look outside me
Take in all that I see
-The Happenings-
My heart hurts, breaking,
Ripping at the seams
In Disbelief
At the things that people do
The words that they speak

If I look outside me,
I get so angry
Which cause a conflict in my being
For my soul is woven of
Peaceful Patterns
And stitched with Serenity
Joy lies deep inside
Sweet Purity-
This I know for sure

If I look outside me
Confusion takes over my mind space
Too many angles
Too many sides to take
Too many plans to make
A, B, C, and Ds
Striving for
Surviving for
It doesn't have to be this way
This is a mistake

If I look outside me
I fear the known and present dangers
I need to face the certain facts
That Greed, Hatred, Evil, Jealousy, and Lies
Are alive
And they thrive on me
An innocent prey
They are Here as we speak

If I look outside me
I wish that there was a way to go inside me
And lock the door and throw away the key

If I look outside me.

~TJ The Healer