A Poet's Story Poem by Barry Middleton

the poet never knew his story
he wrote but would revise
he made his plan and forged ahead
but plans are but a guise

he went the way he had to go
sometimes he had no choice
he found himself in alleyways
till time revealed his voice

he learned to look from left to right
and found what some have missed
a flower by the garden path
the morning dew had kissed

he found the snake so beautiful
yet with its deadly bite
the good and evil of the earth
revealed the poet's plight

and it may be he saw too much
he searched the endless wind
but never could he find the truth
of how all stories end