I am called to be a poet
a creator of verse
one who takes concepts and funnels them onto paper
molds them into words.
I have a need to share my thoughts 
I need to try and explain
and my poems seem to be best way for people to understand.

I don’t have control over it anymore
I used to be able to sit down and think
I used to be able to say “now I will write a poem” 
but now they just come
They interrupt my life and demand to be written
They intercept my fingers 
Flow out instead of what I was writing onto the paper or the screen.
I used to be timid about sharing my work
Now I know that it’s not meant to be kept to myself 
That is a purpose behind all of this that I do not fully grasp
but do not need to understand
All I can do is obey the poems when they come to me
And share them with the world.

This is what it means to be a poet.