metaphors

poets write with metaphors 

to protect their feelings 

letting others read into it--

infusing their own meaning 

sometimes it hits close to home, 

no matter how vague we pen 

obtuseness only goes so far 

when you're in the midst of it 

we write of  many unread books 

and things left in the rain 

 of dances left unfinished 

and songs that we once sang 

we write about opening windows 

and about closing tight the doors 

of dense, white fog and shadows,

shrouds and birds that soar 

we write of finding happiness, 

of thunder and skies of blue 

of footprints in sand, the ocean tides 

and about the crescent moon 

a metaphor does many things, 

it's left to interpretation 

in every singular purpose, 

or every singular situation 

we pen these poems as lyrics 

or tag them spiritually

hoping others will read them

and find the strength they need

some may bring them close to tears

while other make them laugh 

pulling from them what prose will

maybe bringing a sweet repast

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License