Living The Words

Are you the greatest poem,
  you still have to write
 
 And if not—what’s the point
  of it all

Are you the repository of
  all you have felt
 
Or the dealer and merchant
  of lies
 
Are your thoughts tattooed on your
  immortal soul
 
With your feelings exposed
  or held back
 
Are the words disconnected
  from the ink in your veins
 
Do you live within
  all that you’ve said
 
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)