I am on a poetic mission

With every poetic rendition

And I’m not waiting for permission

For I give myself permission

To be more of me

And as to what I can poetically achieve

The overall authority

To readily write poetry openly and freely

For I’m not waiting for what anyone may think

As I have lived on the edge and creative brink

Through the rough and tough and too much

Primarily due to someone believing I’m not enough

But so out of sorts and touch

With reality and the deepness of us

That is me and artistry

Me and also the art of poetry

The very thing that comes to me naturally

Skillfully and soulfully

Wholeheartedly and creatively

As I will no longer wait

To be the real me

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