The Beauty I Adore Poem by Margaret Alice

Every beautiful word ever written, every
enchanting idea, every wonderful story,
every great myth about precession, all
legends about courage and strength

Anything that adds beauty and wisdom
to my imagination, I try to convert into
melodious words and record on paper
to remember for evermore

Repeating often so my brain will retain
the knowledge even when the records
are lost; do not fear when I appropriate
something beautiful you said

I love the essence of the thought, I don’t
hold you responsible for creating beauty
in my life – that is MY job, I do not look
at the individual, my focus is on

The wonderful dreams and visions produced,
adding to it, the author may be dead for
hundreds of years or sitting next door,
if your thoughts are special

I keep them alive by repetition, keeping them
safe in my heart; irrespective of the speaker’s
identity, the beautiful words guarantee you
are sensitive to the beauty I adore

All poets are exonerated from any responsibility
for living up to the beautiful ideals they create,
no expectations of the creators, only focusing
on the beauty of their words