Isn't all inperfection art?

[JC4life]

Why do you torment me?
You point out
All my imperfections
As if they are evil
But isn’t imperfection a form of art?
For nothing is truly perfect
Even the sun isn’t perfectly round
The moon has craters and valleys
Even Jupiter has a storm.
So would it not be natural
For me to be
Imperfect as well?

What do you plan to do
About everything wrong with me?
Ground me?
From what?
My poetry?
My friends?
Right, like that would work
I don’t know anybody
Within 30 miles of here
So go ahead
Ground me
For being imperfect
Flawed
For being art.
Or for not having talent
To paint a pretty picture
With anything
But my words.
Even that
As you say
Is imperfect.

But isn’t all
Imperfection
Just a form
Or art?

[rinna(on leave...for eternity)]

JC,
this was very familiar to me. your art is most definitely your poetry, don't ever let anyone tell you less. my mother told me my writing was stupid and a waste of time. right. emotions are better kept out than in, so write on my friend!
x rinna x

[JC4life]

My father isn't a big fan of my poetry. In fact, he hates it, and if he finds it he often reads it and tells me that it's bad and asks why I write such sad thigns. It's like whatever, wake up and smell the coffee.

Poetry is art. There's no two ways around it.

Thanks!

Sarah

[::..::FoX::..::]

This is great, very nice art, keep it up and welcome to PC!

[T.J. Barber]

My father is much of the same way. I'm just glad that he has no affect on my writing. I havn't written very much at all these past few months...I'm going to have to get back into it....

[KG]

You know, this piece wasn't too bad.

And I understand the problems with your father. I am not going to analyze him, but tell you that maybe it would be best if you wrote in secret. When I was with my family I had to keep all my writings in secret, I had 4 years of work all written down. Then they found it. They destroyed it right in front of me. 4 yrs down the drain. I remember how angry I was, and I still am.

My parents did stupid things like these because they never bothered to get to know me. Well, now I am a grown man. And I don't speak to my family. I have brothers a sisters that I don't talk to, and a mother and father that don't know anything that's going on in their son's life. As much as you may hate your father, you might want to talk to him. Or you could end up like me.

[JC4life]

This is an older piece. Even though my father hates my poetry it doesn't effect our relation ship very much. We get along alright for the most part, but when it comes up the fir really flies. Thank you for your concern, though I'm sorry to hear that about your family, they're really missing out. ((hugs))

Thank you everybody for reading!

-S

[KG]

Thanks for the hug, I didn't mean to sound like that old guy that likes to hand out advice like candy on Halloween. lol, sry about that, I just got carried away a lil bit. I think about my past and I don't want it repeated by anyone, you know what I mean?

[JC4life]

Hahaha! Oh it didn't seem like that in the least, I totally understand your concern! I understand every bit of what you are saying, no worries

Take care!