The First Cut Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Do you change the meaning
in favor of form

Do you add a new comma
because it's the norm

Do you shorten the sentence
because it's advised

Do you scour the pages
re-dotting your I's

Do you read and reread
again to address

What sure of at first
and now want to correct

A wise man once said
and it's truer today

'The First Cut Is The Deepest'
leave your words as they lay

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July,2016)