Thoughts
teach me your words
so I shall not have my own?
I once had a thought
before I was taught to think
remembering what I was taught
forgetting what I thought
do not think for me
and I shall start to listen
push onto me your words
and I shall fail to hear
if anything is to be taught
it is to teach yourself
if you hear my words
only use them to make your own
is this the definition of poetry
or simply just MY poem?
by Levi Wilkening
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