NOT PERSONAL

I am amazed
I have to admit

to find that some fellow poets here on this site
to find it has been taken personally or as slight

I have written constantly
I have said as it is for me, here and now

I am talking of what is happening to me
I have not sent anyone unsolicited messages

I have only ever answered messages
I have received, which is only polite, and am amazed

I have never EVER sent a message first
I have never sent an unkind revue, always looking for the best

as well as using my skills to find the writer's message-
it appears only a few try in return

At Uni we learnt that poetry
encompasses ALL thought

In my Masters literature studies
of two nations I found this was so too

That not only comfort poetry
which makes one feel good

is poetry but also the reality
expressed in every sense and type

I am sad that you guys don't realise
I don't know who has sent you unsolicited messages

but it wasn't me
I am far too busy for that

the only private thing I have ever writ
is: if you want more details, please ask me!

I am a very busy person
I daily teach umpteen young people literature

and have said time and again, remembering Germany of then
I write it to ensure no one can accuse me of not having told

as this technology is little known, so easy to misuse
and should not be used without policing, as it is in America

I thank those of you and am deeply grateful
you who understand and have tried to understand

of what I am talking and try to support me
why so many voices seem to be misunderstood is now clear

probably the old story
the message is not instant enough

those who are corrupt shout louder
and people believe the loudest tone

A former school friend once told me
of a saying from her country

two babies, one is crying one is not
which will the mother go to?

So, as this horror is happening to me
am I supposed to somehow lie and say it is not

or pretend I have a rosy, happy life
I have not...