I've Read Poems Poem by Smoky Hoss

I've read some poems in my life
that gave me comfort,
gave me life,
made me feel alright to be,
myself,
who I am -
I've read a few more
that gave my soul
permission to be,
what I think I was created
to be -
I've read a handful of poems
that sparked my heart,
moved my spirit,
made me glad,
to be alive -
I've read many, many poems
over the years ranging
from childhood naivety
into, and beyond, adult
pessimism -
I've read poems
that lost me,
found me,
enchanted, and discomforted my mind…
but, until I read
my own,
I never knew, truly,
my soul's own deep Voice, speaking to and
beyond me -