Most of my poems are about the usual things
burdens that weigh on me like my heartbreak and all pervasive anxiety
these topics can be cliché and I wonder if people will stop listening
but I don’t write for them, I write therapeutically

Maybe my story isn’t all that unique but I grew up “uncreative”
couldn’t draw, write and my singing was bearable but not qualitative
poetry was elusive, art I was supposed to respect but never understood
like van Gogh and Tolstoy, interesting ideas but not in my neighborhood
I connected with music for its rhyme, rhythm, and beat
and although poetry is music’s sister, it could never compete
that was two things happened

I lost the girl of my dreams,
my best friend of five years and my lover for three
and with bleeding heart I picked up a book of poetry
I became friends with Etheridge Knight and Langston Hughes
only started writing poems two days ago, but if I can introduce
my inspiration, I began listening to hip hop and Kendrick Lamar
both healed my soul and entered my repertoire
I wish I wrote about more creative things
but that is not the reason why I write and it would only be pretending
it is not to sound eloquent although that is tempting
to write to sound intelligent or well put would only be offending
no I write for that uncreative boy inside me and my broken heart
that might sound cliché but for poetry I am a converted diehard.