The Whispering Poet

The poem is just a whisper,

Of what the poet wants you to hear.

He speaks the soft words,

The ones he holds so dear.

The poem reflects the feelings,

So deep inside his soul.

He shouts them in his head,

But writing them is his goal.

A poet speaks the feelings

That so many others feel—

The ones they cannot express,

To help an aching heart heal.

The poet feels obligated

To put into words others cannot.

He toils with expressing the feelings

To turn the whisper into a thought.