Somewhere
Between Wednesday
& Thursday
Between small
Hopes
And petty dreams
40,000 poems
Were read
In the middle
Of the night.
Somewhere
Between when
I lost interest
& I got sick
2,000 poems
Were read
In a month
While I wasn't
Looking
& I didn't
Think you
Really cared.
Somewhere
Between August
& Christmas
2,000 a month
Became
1,000 a week
&
Somewhere
In there
Is when
I realized that
I wasn't
Getting migraines
Unless
I had stopped
Writing poetry
For too many
Days
In a row.
Somewhere
Along the way,
Without meaning to,
Reading one poem
Became a Pringle's
Experience,
& just one
Wasn't enough.
Somewhere
Along the way
A life was saved,
Defensive women
Let the love in,
Wrists weren't cut,
Someone was inspired,
& A tough guy
Cried over
A teddy bear.
Somewhere
Along the way,
I fell in love
With my Lurkers
And they
And you
Fell in love
With poetry,
40,000 times
In the middle
Of the night,
Somewhere
Between
Hoping to make
The world
A better place
And
More than
I could
Imagine.
