Creative License

Let set the record straight before these rumors fly,

You hear a painful poem, assume it's me about to cry?,

No, sometimes I'm just a lens, a witness to the sky,

Observing human nature, as the moments pass us by,

You think every line's a page ripped straight out of my soul?,

A personal confession, me losing all control?,

Sometimes it's just a story, making broken spirits whole,

Or painting vivid pictures, reaching for a goal.

Don't think that everything I write is just about me,

I use my creative license, for the world to see,

My creative license, to talk about lost love's plea,

My creative license, for true love, wild and free,

I use it to write about my real life, raw and true,

But I also talk about things that I see others go through,

Sometimes I just fantasize, spin a dream for me and you,

It's my creative license, that's what artists do!

I can paint a heartbreak, like my world just fell apart,

The raw, aching emptiness, a dagger in the heart,

And then compose a sonnet, a brand new happy start,

For a love that conquers all, a masterpiece of art,

Was I the one who felt it? The sting, the joy, the pain?,

Maybe I just watched it happen, through the window in the rain,

Saw a couple argue, saw them reconcile again,

And bottled up that feeling, then poured it on the brain,

So when I speak of challenges, or hustling through the night,

It might be my own struggle, shining in the light.,

But it also could be yours, if you're standing up to fight,

Against the odds, defying wrong, and always trying to do right.

From what I live, to what I hear, to every single thought,

A tapestry of narratives, meticulously wrought,

A character I'm playing, a lesson I've been taught,

Or just a wild scenario, that my imagination caught,

The pen is just a brushstroke, the canvas is the beat,

I'm crafting worlds and feelings, bitter, sour, or sweet.

My creative license, that's the key, you have to know

To make the truth ignite, or help the fiction grow,

Lost love, true love, real life, or just a mental show,

It's my creative license... watch the stories flow.