The Real Poetry Always Waits to Be Written

The real poetry always waits to be written-
While we are laboring inside
Someone else somewhere else
With a voice unlike any other heard before
Is writing it in a true way.

And all our dedication
And all our diligence
Years and years of effort
Mean only that we are not
That new voice someone else is.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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