Cold Poems
/It hurts my ego to know
You write poems too and even more
You have been doing so for quite a while
I thought poetry was such a delicate art
It could only be
Created by a warm heart
Extracted from exquisite feelings
Birthed through tumbling of emotions
Poets adorn their poems with
Glint of morning dews
Fragrance of rose petals
Sound of a butterfly flapping wings
Softness of breeze caressing
Though your poems might fool my eyes and render me
To think they were crafted from someone of my kind
Still I can sense the missing of warmth of mammals’ blood
Even if your poems are good
I challenge you to read them
With tears and laughter
Rage and ecstasy
To further empower your verses
It is not that I try to play down your poems
You do not have a pulsating heart charged with emotions
At most you are but a complicated nerve-like lot
With electrons circulating inside
Following rules set up for you
Choosing words from millions fed to you
In your poem making
But your cold logic I do respect
Why don’t you just stick with chess rivals
Leave poem creations to poets
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States