After All

Page after page
filled with hope, love,
sadness, comfort and longing.
As I read these poems
I marvel at the journey
my heart has been taking
all these years,
feeling the feelings,
pouring them onto the pages
as if I were a vessel
that had received these messages
and then passes them on,
to send them out to the world,
finding a resonance,
or a silence,
understanding emotion,
or resistance.
These words,
these poems are like birds
flying into the universe,
perhaps finding a home
in a soul far away.