To A Disheartened Poet

Raise not a voice if you can't get in

Mid literati's sphere,

Raise not a voice if they don't let in

And on your labour sleer.

Show not your wrath if they neglect you

And tell short is your skill,

Throw not your lines for they reflect you

Be achored to them still.

But rather be like Dickinson, who,

Did not from her words turn,

Be like passional Chatterton too

Whose greatness now we learn.

Be them not who strive to fitment hold,

Their verses soon will fade,

Revere your truth, it's worth manyfold

Through lifetimes 'twill pervade.

About The Author:

Shamik Banerjee is a poet and poetry reviewer from the North-Eastern belt of India. He loves taking long strolls and spending time with his family. His deep affection with Solitude and Poetry provides him happiness.