Have you ever listened to a song, and suddenly a whole scene plays out in your head like a movie? I do this all the time. It’s almost like those montage videos people make on YouTube, where anime or gaming clips are cut together to perfectly match a song. That’s basically how my brain works…
I’ll be honest, I used to avoid poetry like the plague. I never understood it. The metaphors felt vague, the rhythm seemed confusing, and the “hidden meanings” always went right over my head. It just wasn’t my thing. I was a fiction and storytelling guy through and through. That changed when I had to take…