My Favorite poem

Dj Gilcrease
7/23/04

My Favorite poem it was asked,

Write it down
word for word
line for line
verse for verse.

I have no memory for the written works.

So into my mind I dive,
careful to keep the tether to reality alive.

For if I lose that.
The moment I have
to swim free and imagine,
may turn to hours lost
in my own mental poetry.