Rhyming Poet

I am asked too often,

does poetry have to rhyme?

My answer is always no.

Poetry to me

is letting your heart sing

through unfiltered air.

Poetry is less about

how it sounds

and more about

how it feels.

However,

If I was a rhyming poet,

It would probably sound

a little like this :

Suicide rates rise

as mental health

declines

There's another demise

at the hands

of knife crime.

Tick tock a deadline

to make a headline

journalist pray

another innocent

dies

they pry on the lies

and the loss of lives...

I tend to tackle

the bigger issues

when my words rhyme

but see I'm not a rhyming poet

I just have a way with words

which is why you'll always find me

away with words,

awake early enough

to beat the birds,

Its a burden.

I lose sleep

because the words weep

and beg to bleed

onto a clean sheet,

now I'm playing hide and seek

with my sanity.

My humanity

tethers on the edge

of the balcony.

If normality

was a currency

then I'd claim

bankruptcy.

So if you're wondering why

I don't have

the capacity

to hold in

my poetic rhapsody

then realise this

is just one star

in the galaxy

of the solar

system of my mind.

See I'm not a rhyming poet

but still a poet

and somehow I still know it

I'm not saying I'm above

or below it, I'm just saying

I'm not a rhyming poet.

Because

When the words rhyme

I find it harder

to convey the message

and to be expressive

always second guessing

and paying less attention

to the direction

of my wordy intentions.

Trying to discuss

the worlds fetish

with hellish wreckage

whilst my mind races

100 miles a second.

See I'm not a rhyming poet

but if I was,

I'd probably end it like this:

I'd say farewell,

I'd drop a bombshell

but I don't have any of those to drop

so I guess not

I'll just put up my hand and wave,

say thank you,

you've all been great.

Peace.