Far From Poetry.

  I am not poetic; I explain life how I see it to be. Often people confuse the two whenever I try to explain a thought or feeling I have. People often say I am "poetic" or deep but in my mind all I do is explain the world around me the best I can regardless of how "poetic" it sounds.
  Poetry isn't bad; it's a key to unlocking deeper or personal feelings that simply cannot be expressed by other means. It rates along side music, dancing or art; it is the path from an image -be it in ones mind or in the physical form in front of them- to an emotion. However, even with my ability to write at a decent level I am not a poet. The difference between what I write and true poetry is what you want the reader to experience. When I attempt to explain something using "deep" thoughts or words I aim to let out an emotion I have; free a thought or voice a wisp-like hope. When a poet captivates an emotion they do so for the reader. They build a bridge in the hope that someone else may be able to use it to cross; my work is built for the other party to understand where I'm coming from.
  Although I lack poetic ability that does not mean I am free of emotion or emotional understanding. I believe poetry, just as much as any other form of artistic expression, needs to be toned, explored and experimented with. I believe I have poetic ability just as much as I do the ability to paint or make music though none of these skills have been toned to the level I would aim to present to others, though, is that really the aim of true art expression?
  I honestly do not think I have a presentable level of artistic expression but is that the true meaning of art? The counterargument for my point is simple: Art is meant as a form of expression showing that we are all experiencing life at a different place and at different times; art is not a word but a poem, not a note but a song, not a painting but rather a frame in which we create life.
  If I am not poetic it could be because I lack skill or because I simply do not want to express that part of me. Poetry as well as other forms of art is an expression and whether we choose to express that side of ourselves is a gift that only we can accept.

  "A life lived alone is the life of a leaf on water. The hope that some day he will go deeper soon leads to the realization that to do so he must first destroy who he is in the hope that the water will embrace the new him."-Me

"Often people who are lonely live life as if they have the feeling of wind on their face; they know it isn't touching them because it has great strength but because no one is there standing next to them to stop the flow of it."-Me

--Mattaghetti