I'm going to write a poem,

to get it all outside,

all the feelings that I feel

and that I try to hide.

 

I' m going to write a poem;

about what I'm not sure.

Just a rambling set of words

to keep me off the floor.

 

You see, that when I feel all floopy

and the words just wont play ball.

I sometimes curl up in a heap-

maybe in a bathroom stall

 

And so I write a poem.

Rhyming seems to help.

I'm not sure it does and yet-

It seems to keep me instep.

 

A poem is a flow words

A tune, a little ditty.

It does not need to be that good

Or even look that pretty

 

It just needs to keep me focused

On something else instead

Of all the whirling tumbling thoughts

that roll inside my head.

 

And now I wrote a poem-

of what, that I'm not sure.

All i know is i'm no longer

Tempted by the floor...