True Poetry

I once read that poetry comes from tragedy and pain. That has to be some of the worst bull shit I have ever heard. Poetry comes from the heart. It comes from true unleashed passion. It doesn't matter whether that passion is hate, anger, or sorrow. It doesn't matter if it is the passion of true love. Poetry isn't suppose to depress people it's supposed to open your eyes. You don't see what it meant to the author, you see what it means to you. No one can take that passion from you. They may try over and over to blow out that flickering candle but I will certainly not let them knock me down.