To write beautiful poetry
People say
To have a playful pen
To be an artist of words
A spinner of meaningful speech
A dancer of ideas
And a scribe of the muse,
To write beautiful poetry
People say,
Demands
Damage
Hurt
Betrayal
Strife
Agony
Abandonment
Loss
And heartbreak
To write beautiful poetry
People say
Requires
A certain level of sick
A touch of illness
A thick layer
of romantic
melancholy
A wealth of loss
And an abundance of emptiness
A treasure trove
of treacherous trials and traumatic tribulations
They say
To write beautiful poetry
takes sadness
Even anger
Well I say
People are
idiots who
talk ridiculous shit
Because what it takes
To be write beautiful poetry
You fucking morons
Is to be loved