No poem immured within

Author’s intentions can thrive.

Release inclined resistance;

Yield to individual

Interpretation; cut loose

Tightly-bound preconceptions

To liberate and expand

Scope beyond expectation.

Embrace all transformation

Born of vastly diverse views

To bring a composition

To life within its own world

Where it can morph according

To whims found in ambiance

Of one perceiver’s exhale

And yet another’s inhale.

In its freedom, a poem

Truly discovers itself.

Infinite perspectives and

Unrestrained exploration

Create ever-dynamic,

Joyful poetic-being.

© 2008