WHAT POETRY DOES???

When he asked me, What poetry does???



What Poetry does?

When it lands
At your ear drum
Sometimes
It changes your
Emotional
Equilibrium
Sometimes
It gets you out
Of doldrum

Sometimes
It plays a chord
In your heart
Which was
Getting rusted
Sometimes
It blooms a thought
In you
Which was
getting dusted

Sometimes
It ignites
Flickering hope
In your entity
Sometimes
It breaks that rope
In which you
Tied your body


Sometimes
It gives you
A lost purpose
To live
Sometimes
It leaves you
To pieces
Sometimes
It brings
The old memories
 Back with the wind
 Sometimes
 It pulls away
 The negativity
 Which was pinned
 in you for a while
 Sometimes
 It forces  you
 To walk a mile
 In someone's shoes

Sometimes
It inspires you
To fulfill your
Broken dream
Sometimes
It's an urge,
It's a silent
Scream

Sometimes
It creates magic
On now
 parched paper
 Sometimes
 It becomes tragic
 When it is lost
 In time and
 Becomes a vapor


Sometimes
It brings revolution
And re establishes
Faith in human
Spritual evolution
Sometimes
It's just a rebellion
Which brings you
Out of confusion
And delusion


Poetry instills
Belief in
Humanity
Rationality
Conviction
Devotion
Inner beauty
And
Human integrity


Now you know, what it does, what it can do, what it has always done and what it will keep doing?

© Priya Jain