"Teaching With Reasoning"

Don't stop believing in me
Can only be my dearest Mother
Seeing the tears in me,
Long ago four years and twenty days
The fear of writing a poem,
Hiding it in a letter torn thrown away
Vowing never to write again,
Why not hide the thought in my mind.

Weeping fear of failure from friends
With laughter they told me,
Wasting your time lost in the clouds
Drifting hiding away,
Where to hide and bury your head
We can’t help you now.
Why not cry your sorrows in a pub
With us to sing songs,

Dancing with the barmaid a kiss
For you to smile again,
Her embrace better than writing
Alone without a thought,
Why not try again one more time
Entered into a contest,
Coloring the world more than one
Maybe two stars will do.

Try again this time in your mind’s eye
Unafraid a pen will flow,
In words of wonder why not before
But now in a new light,
Four stars shining a bright beginning
No more the pain,
The fool hiding away in the cupboard
Crying a poor review,

Knowing I’ve made too many mistakes
The road less travelled,
For me trying to rectify myself to judge
All other poets fairly,
Beauty is blue in the eye of the beholder
Teaching with reasoning.
Try again in the pain of laughter to succeed
In faithfulness.