They say a picture is worth a thousand words,
Then I say poems, you are priceless,
You've been around since the beginning of time,
Better than fine wine, you are timeless,
Epic,
your imprint on our world we must never forget it,
What's the Mona Lisa without Paint?
What's the World without Poetry?
You are the mighty sword and force against suffering and injustice,
The magic pill that can heal all pain,
The glue that keeps us in tuned with our history,
The Psychiatrist who keeps the creative mind sane,
Without you, the world will not be the same,
From Edgar Allan Poe, to Maya Angelou,
Shakespeare to Langston Hughes,
Nas to Rakim,
Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Shel Silverstein,
Deepak Chopra to Oprah,
And many poets in between,
You even walked with Dr. King,
When he had a dream,
You helped me see my dreams,
And overcome hardships,
By teaching me to remember the past and learn from it,
Rejoice and celebrate in the present,
And reimagine the future,
Because of all of this,
We owe a lot to you,
We must carry the torch for you,,
keep our world moving forward with you,
I Love you so much,
Named my first son after you,
Poetic Justice