Unfortunately

Unfortunately I am a poet

I can have whole relationships 

Written inside my head

Without your want or permission

I see the worst at their best

And turn them into poetry

Write whatever it is

That I want them to say

I can bring a tear to your eye

When all you want to do is laugh

Unfortunately I write poems

For people who don’t even read them

A romancer with a pen and paper 

When love has been nothing

But a lie in my life

I don’t worry about what may

Fall from my mind to my hand

Because it is all written in truth

There is no deceit in me

I don’t need secret messages 

To get my sharpest points across

You ruin your own lives 

Without any of my knives 

Unfortunately I’m not afraid

To look stupid 

After all I was married once 

My wedding night an epitaph 

One day I might just write about 

Something you did

And let it be seen

By 50,000 people 

Unfortunately for you 

My whisper

Is now a roar

And I have eyes on my words

I know how to make people listen

I reign over 

My metaphorical threats

They all end up scared of me

When they should be scared of themselves 

Unfortunately I am a poet

I feel it all

And I wouldn’t change

A single damn thing about me