poetry is
a quiet gasp
alone late at night
because you just read
the words your heart
wanted
               needed
                             was trying to say
and both hadn't found
and didn't know
until that moment

 

Note: I think the reason this poem keeps coming up in Google searches is because it is heavily based on a poem I read ages ago and forgot until some of its phrases floated up to the top of my mind and I wrote them down, thinking I'd come up with them. It is very easy for the human mind to commit plagiarism unintentionally.