~*~ A SPECIAL NOTE FROM POE! ~*~
*~* A little insight into WHY, I, Poe [aka Poet4Life/Baby Bird], write WHAT I write ….. some “insights” into my style, subject matter/reasoning behind topics, etc!! EACH AND EVERY “product of Poe” has a MEANING behind it and I would like to share with each of you some of those meanings!! I would GREATLY APPRECIATE if everyone reads on… but I realize this is a tad lengthy, so I understand if you do not/cannot…!!! Thank you, in advance, to those who do AND don’t read on!!! *~* 😉
—> Poe <—
Simply put…. I have *INK* coursing through my very veins, *RHYMES* being PUMPED 24/7 through my arteries, and *POETRY* providing me with oxygen and LIFE!!!* 🙂
The majority of my poetry/writings (which may sometimes include random ramblings) are in fact about my personal life experiences. These include (but are not limited to) child sexual and physical abuse, foster care, neglect, domestic violence, feelings of abandonment, PTSD, death/grief/loss, drug abuse and addiction (from the point of view of a child looking at their parents addiction AND my personal struggles 1:1 with addiction…), my physical health related hardships–past& present — {incl. RSD, arthritis, osteoporosis, Meningoencephalitis, seizure disorder, TIA — Tramsiemt Ischemic Attacks, or “Mini-Strokes”, and other various conditions…}, etc.!
⇨I NEED YOU ALL TO KNOW & UNDERSTAND THIS⇦
I, in NO WAY WHATSOEVER, am at all looking for pity or sympathy! ALLOW ME TO REPEAT THIS….. I *DO NOT* WANT/ SEEK PITY OR SYMPATHY AT ALL!!!
All the happiness and tears… all the smiles and frowns… all the love and pain…. EVERY MOMENT GOOD OR BAD made me WHO I AM TODAY!
I DO NOT WRITE (nor share my writings) to hear “I’M SORRY”!!!! PLEASE DO NOT SAY “sorry”!!! I don’t want anyone to be sorry AT ALL for what I have experienced in life! ALTHOUGH SOME POEMS I WRITE “show” my tears, pain and heartache…. although you might read a poem of mine in which I display anger, sadness, pain, etc., PLEASE KNOW THAT *I, (POE)* am NOT AT ALL SORRY for my past, present, OR FUTURE!!! All the happiness and tears… all the smiles and frowns… all the love and pain…. EVERY MOMENT GOOD OR BAD made me WHO I AM TODAY! My trials, tribulations, happiness and smiles worked together in *God’s “Master plan”* in His creation of POE… THIS I *FULLY* believe!!! I appreciate and respect your apologies for my pain BUT it is unnecessary because, as we all know…. the past is unable to be CHANGED!
Honestly… if I COULD go back in time and “choose” an easier upbringing/life… I don’t think I would because every experience has taught and showed me MY PERSONAL STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND ABILITY TO OVERCOME!!! Difficult times have also taught me a special appreciation for the LITTLE THINGS in life!!!!
While sympathy and pity are UNWANTED…..
♥ Prayers, positive wishes, etc. are ALWAYS MORE THAN WELCOME!!! ♥
I know this is super LONG….. *BUT* if you are still with me and are interested in knowing WHY I write WHAT I write…… Allow me to “break it down”! 😉
No matter your skin color, ethnicity, religion, background, sexuality, NO MATTER IF YOUR HEART IS MADE OF ICE OR GOLD….. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS 120% SUSCEPTIBLE to both the joys and sorrows, the love and heartaches of life!!!
♥I simply WRITE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES (and share them with all of you…) in order to♥:
1) ATTEMPT TO FREE & PURGE my heart, soul and mind of my personal demons! It has been over 10 years since I was abused as a child, BUT, I am STILL occasionally haunted by the horrors and monsters of my past. Rather than keep them caged within me, I choose to let them go…..
2) In hopes that my “brutal honesty” will OPEN the EYES AND HEARTS to those fortunate enough to be “UNFAMILIAR” with certain pains that I have endured….
⇨⇨For those who might have heard stories about such abuses and/or situations solely on the news and have NOT experienced it….this is for YOU in hopes that I may help you PUT the “NAME OF A FACELESS POET” (aka ME, Poe, lol) to such events/atrocities! To help spread awareness and hopefully one day put an end to all of these horrors.
3) To make people AWARE that abuse/neglect/DV/drugs/death/disease/etc…. THE “PRETTY” NOR THE UGLY SIDE OF LIFE shows ANY bounds or prejudices! **No matter your skin color, ethnicity, religion, background, sexuality, NO MATTER IF YOUR HEART IS MADE OF ICE OR GOLD….. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS 120% SUSCEPTIBLE to both the joys and sorrows, the love and heartaches of life!!!**
4) I PRAY to possibly HELP a child/ teen/adult/individual/SURVIVOR THROUGH MY VERY WORDS!!! I pray that I can help others KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE!!! I hope and pray that maybe ONE DAY SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE* may see my words and allow for their very heart and soul to SOAK UP the LOVE and PEACE that I POUR INTO EACH POEM I WRITE! I pray that my words can bring HOPE to the hopeless, SERENITY to the disheveled, and maybe, just MAYBE one day a poem of mine can help that little kid report the abuse, help the drug addict to put down the needle, help a mom leave her abusive husband….. maybe even inspire someone to reach out and perform a good deed…. maybe……. JUST MAYBE….
5) I hope that I might be able to one day enable someone who finds themselves “stuck” in their past to OVERCOME, MOVE FORWARD and begin on the PATH OF HEALING!!!
6) I write about my PAIN, my TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS and I tell each of you of my struggles and hardships because….well….. my notepad, Poet’s Corner (Android App), Poe’s Facebook page (link @ bottom), and my blog are THE ONLY PLACES in which I am ABLE to pour out my pain and not get called a “liar” or “drama queen” or looked down upon! AND….it is HERE and THERE where I can be *Poe* because in my everyday life…..I am just ________……and VERY FEW INDIVIDUALS know that ________ is actually “Poe”!!!
So…. are you STILL left wondering WHY I write?!? WHY the sad poems full of pain? Why the random funny poem? Why random happy poems that will make you smile or laugh?!?
I WRITE BECAUSE DESPITE IT ALL…. I STILL CAN WRITE!!
Here is your answer…….
I AM POE! POE IS A PoeT! I live, breathe, sleep poetry! I shall DIE with one last rhyme still in my soul! I write what is on my mind and in my heart! I DO NOT WRITE FOR PITY! I WRITE BECAUSE DESPITE IT ALL…. *I STILL CAN WRITE*!! I DO NOT write for the *approval* of others…. I WRITE FOR ME, because ABOVE LIFE ITSELF, I AM A POET!!! Writing poetry is NOT a “part-time” job for me! NO!! Writing is the SOLE REASON I AWAKEN EVERY MORNING! The very ACT of READING and WRITING poetry is like HEROIN to me…. I CAN’T LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THIS POETIC DRUG….but I SIMPLY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT IT! Because once my ink begins to dry up and my very words begin to fade, I, too, shall slowly drift off into nothingness…… because without poeTRY….. without a poeM left to be written….I, Poe, will no longer exist for I will have no purpose…
~~ As you read my blog…. PLEASE remember ONE THING…… PLEASE do NOT apologize for my pain or my past…. I, Poe was BUILT TO LAST AND OVERCOME!!! Don’t be sorry because I have faith that ONE DAY one of my poems, works, or a single WORD will help SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE and even though I may NEVER SEE firsthand the positive effects of my rhymes…. within me I believe that my words are out there “floating” around in different “pockets” of the world and perhaps in THIS VERY MOMENT someone is reading this or another *PoeM* and that someone is feeling the WARMTH, KINDNESS & THE HUG that each of my writings comes “packaged” in (with a bow on top! lol) Don’t say sorry to ME for MY “ability” to *overcome generational boundaries* and reach into another person’s HEART AND SOUL and to HELP THEM. My life’s experiences were — ARE — a GIFT in my eyes!! Granted, without my struggles and hardships my poems MIGHT be happier….. BUT my pure IGNORANCE to reality would hinder my very ability to help a single soul!! ~~
Simply put…. I have *INK* coursing through my very veins, *RHYMES* being PUMPED 24/7 through my arteries, and *POETRY* providing me with oxygen and LIFE!!!* 🙂
Thank you for reading and THANK YOU for accepting Poe for WHO Poe is!!!!
Much Love to All,
🙂 Poet4Life aKa “Poe” 🙂
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