Oh To Be A Poet!

Oh to be a poet!
To put my words in song!
So the melody and rhythm
sound like they belong.
I'd tell my reading audience
of beauty so divine
and paint a picture so intense
their minds could then define.
I'd sing lament to youth gone by
and just what love should be;
and praise all in creation
let my words run free!
Oh to be a poet
that draws a smile or tear;
would be a joy in life, but too,
would somehow keep me here.