A Poet's Vision

Some people find solace in poetry,
in words wrenched from the depths 
of despair or the heights of ecstasy 

symbolic imagery that takes one

to other worlds where dolphins speak

and roads lead to exotic places,

where darkness holds secrets hidden

under layers of commonplace things.

Poets have a way of turning life upside

down and inside out, nothing is as it seems.

Their eyes behold sights that exceed
the superficial, they penetrate deep-down

to break open the ordinary and find

a freshness, a beauty, a brilliance unseen

by those who live on the surface of life.

Their vision provides bread for those who

hunger for nourishment beyond humdrum

routine and dull conversations, who yearn

for rhapsodies that nurture their soul.