Poetry is not a sign of depression

The likes of Poe and Plath,

Have given poetry a bad rap.

Their odd inclination toward,
Using words to air their troubles,

Have left people are all too ready to say,
That poetry is a sign of dysfunctionality.

Well, there is nothing wrong with writing poems,
Or using them to convey your deepest emotions .

For speech is plagued by uncertain ambiguity,
But words are something more concrete.

Once it is placed on screen or on paper,
It is more a statement than a conjecture.

Memories can be forgotten or fade into obscurity,
But when transcribed, they become parts of history.

And the visual art has so much more meaning,
It is imbued with the most honest feeling,

That a person can ever hope to demonstrate,
Is found in the art that they make.

So poetry is not a sign of depression,
It is simply self-expression.

So poetry is not a sign of anxiety,
It is a person showing the world how they see.

So poetry is not a symptom of any illness,
But simply the act of writing in verse.