People get frustrated with poetry- with its flowery and fluffy language that does nothing butcloud the intended message, but in discussions with my friends about what my writing “means,”I always respond with “whatever you want it to mean.” I wrote this to try and answer those kindsof questions better. I truly want the things I write to make sense to the audience- not for theaudience to make sense of me. I may have had my original meaning, but even my view of myown writing changes every time I read it. This poem also reveals the heart and mind of the poet-too complex and overwhelming to be blunt. Poetry is the escape from needing to have a reasonfor everything, and that’s what I wanted to get across in this piece.

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