I Was Far From Poetry/But Then I Felt Lonely Without It Poem by Shalom Freedman

My mind was working another way
I was far from poetry
But then I felt lonely without it
As if I had given away the best part of myself
For something far more lifeless and prosaic

So I try now to write these lines
As if they had a depth of inner feeling
The best and the deepest in me
When I know they do not-

And for a long time now
Even poetry has not been real poetry
And I am only trying still to do
What I never really could do
Though at times I fooled myself
Into thinking otherwise.