Place Forms Voice
by Michael Doyle

It's said that place forms voice
Even when it's not of our choice
In my life, I've traveled around
And this is what I, too, have found

This is especially true of poetry
Each of us is formed by our country
It's that first step of our journey
That allows us to make our destiny

Our time is limited by our years
Let's not be clogged in our fears
But instead, finding our own space
That is formed by every lingering trace

Happiness is the success we need
More often lived than found in what we read
We only need to believe and we can
This is what we need to understand

In our life's journey, we live our dreams
Finding ourselves under sun and moonbeams
But each place that our feet have found
We are touched by this as our moving ground

We embrace the limits of the possible
By going further than we once thought impossible
Hearing words that we've never heard
And thinking thoughts that have never occurred

Changes are the constants that shape who we are
Whether we stay at home or travel near or far
We need only plunge in and join life's dance
Being our own masters over the traps of circumstance

(c) November 30, 2024   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved