I've Always Wanted To Be A Poet

I've always wanted to be a poet, to have words mellifluously roll off my tongue. To command ears and move hearts with the nature of my prose.
I've always wanted to describe nature in a manner unheard before, to speak of love in such a manner that it would make a miser abandon his riches for the pursuit of my description.
I've always wanted to speak about pain; pain that comes from an incredulous struggle, pain that comes from the broken-hearted; pain that is so real, empathy will be shown from the apathetic.
I've always wanted to bring about hope - to inspire a people, a gender, a race, a nation. To spark the flame that allows revolution to burn as bright as a solar flare, as hot as a habanero pepper, as passionate as a lustful embrace, as incessant as aching tooth, and as moving as a body of water.
I've always wanted to be remembered for my work, to leave an imprint so substantial that people will stop and read my words, listen to my voice, regurgitate my poetry as if it was the Bible.
I've always wanted to be a writer of worth, a writer in whom is believed, a writer so good that it appears unnatural, a writer with metaphors far beyond her years, a writer who is so omniscient that experience matters not, but the words do all the talking.
I've always wanted to be a poet.

xo, Foyin Og.