Poetry, just like art, should comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comforted. It can be raw and grotesque, just as it can be beautiful and alive. Poetry is rare in its ability to take on any meaning the reader wishes upon it. There is more to poetry than simply being words on paper; it is used as a coping mechanism, an escape, a way of communication. Only few can truly interpret the author's words, and there is a beauty to being understood without being known.
