What Can Poetry Do?

What can poetry do?

What can these words

possibly do?

What can a rhyme, a phrase,

an alliterative association accomplish?

What can poetry do?

Nothing.

It can’t do anything on it’s

own.

It’s just words,

just words.

Maybe the lovely thing about

words is they can inspire action,

inspire the soul to move,

engage the mind to think

differently, to see the world

with new eyes.

The right string of words can

enlighten, they can remind

people to be empathetic, to

try out someone else’s shoes

as they walk a different path.

The right words remind us of

the gray between black and white,

the spectrum of light between right

and wrong, and the courage to

accept the differences.

There’s no limit to our understanding.

There’s no boundary on imagination.

There's no limit on love.

There’s no reason to fear.

There’s no time like now.

What can poetry do?

What can’t it do.