take your sorrows and secrets from a cavern in your chest

dress it up for the readings from the future masses

make it seem less bad than it actually is

writing poetry is liking tripping and falling on your face

and looking good while doing it

take the ugly mascara-filled tears

and replace it with all your graceful sobs

before you send it off

go and fix up the stanzas

replace all the words about the voices in your head

with the colors of all the flower petals that you see when you go outside

break up the lines so that one can breathe as they journey down the page

there is much less being said

before you double every line break

give it to the person who inspired it all

they will be flattered such sad poems are about them