An Audience of One
One day a musical poet traveled into my world
He moaned about the commercialization of love
He wrote by day for work but by night for himself
He read one of my poems about two lovers loving life
Love stoked his mind, his imagination to reach for more
Private poems he hides from the unknowing public
Poets and writers blur their penned lines for pleasure
Often hiding little gems and large treasures to heart
Worrying for poetic serious writes lacking mass appeal
Poets write to help us see the world through new eyes
Writers write to inform and pack us with knowledge
All the while unconsciously driven to write for us more
Poets pen what they feel, riveted powerfully upon the moment
Writers script what they see, transforming us through words
Readers choose words to cherish or discard, our hearts skip a beat
There are poets and writers who chase after glory and fame
Left disappointed and denied, even when success fans bright
Leaving behind their audience of one, gem of great price
Write again for the audience of one, a life now enriched
Write again to see the tears, the sighs, the laugh of just one
The whole world is circled in the eternal audience of one
An audience of one, loving you, the gem of great price
Denny Lyon
Copyright 17 September 2009
All Rights Reserved
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Photo Credits
Photo of sitting contemplation by evildude1a @ flickr
Photo of jamming piano by gj_thewhite @ flickr
Photo of loving couple with heart hands by FotoRita [Allstar maniac] @ flickr
Photo of inner temple by AinisR @ flickr
Photo of sunflowers and 2 windows by erix! @ flickr
Photo of woman and sky by Chovee @ flickr
Photo of one foot by Zach Suggs @ flickr
Photo of we are one by kalandrakas @ flickr
Photo of water heart by evildude1a @ flickr
Photo of flying high 360 by Chovee @ flickr
