Robert M. Hensel

"THE POET"

Worlds flow onto paper like rain, forming giant rivers of unseen lands.
The very force guides us along a journey that holds of great adventure.
We are the explorers of the literary world.
We must find the courage to write what others are unable to, with the greatest of passion.
A poet dreams, and then must portray his visions upon the page that lies before him.
It is the beauty of all things that inspires us to communicate in such a way.
A man does not wake up one day, and decide to become a poet.
It must live in the very blood that courses through his veins.
He is the creator of a world, only he has known.
He is the actor and director, of all that speaks out through his pen.
He is a man of all men, visionary of all visionaries.
What you have'nt seen, he has.
What you can't say, he can.
For he is THE POET.


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"INSIDE OF THEE"

I kneel down before the shallow waters, to reveal my own reflection.
Just a mere window of the soul, is all that my eye's can be detecting.
For what all that I consume, is not all that there is.
We must look beneath the visual shell, for that is where we live.
Reach deep my friend and you shall find, much more than you conceive.
For who or what we may become, exist inside of thee.


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"NIGHTS REFLECT"

Shadow puppets on the wall.
Dark carbon copies of what
a furnished room bares.
Into a black covered mirror
my world reflects.
Showing me things, only the
night has to offer.


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"BODY, HEART, AND SOUL"

If the body was a tree, the inner rings would then surely begin to reveal the time it has had to mature.

If the heart was an open book, it would then be placed on the New York Times best sellers list, as one of todays best romantic novels ever written.

If the mind was a time capsule, it would then be capable of holding on to every one of lifes precious moments, without ever having the chance of fading away.


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"PEACEFUL GROUND"

Cool morning spit on bladed
grass.
A thousand silky fingers
tickling toes.
The strong scent of nature's
freshly cut hair.
Mans spiritual stamping ground
toward inner peace.


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"BEYOND LIMITATIONS"

Placing one foot in front of the other,
I've climbed to higher lengths.
Reaching beyond my own limitations
to show my inner strength.
No obstacle to hard for this warrior to
overcome.
I'm just a man on a mission, to prove
my disability hasn't won.


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