Troubled by Change

Why am I so concerned and bothered by certain kinds of change? "Is it being dumbed down, or is it made simpler to access?" "Should I stick with the old way and work on improving it, or should I start all over again as a beginning?" "Am I actually being forced into choosing permanently either a static or dynamic mindset?"

This is really difficult for me to do. And, too:

I have so much to do, and no time to do it all.
I must to learn to wisely a lot my time and follow a plan.

I have too many opinions, and not the time to debate it all.
I must to learn to draw a line, chose a side, and be content.

I have so much to say, and no time to say it all.
I must learn to take my hands from the keyboard and hush my storytelling mind.

All this I have to learn, with no time to learn it all.
All this I must do, along with finding a sense of self-control.


So many people are afraid of or unconcerned with relating their poetry. A lot of poetry is deeply personal and comes from an emotionally vulnerable place. We don't like to appear weakened, how very human of us!


Here's a place to be a poet, there's a place for poetry.
That last sentence, well, the other way 'round's all right too.