Shy Poet - Dec. 20, 2025

Gary Hunter
Dec 20, 2025
1 min read

passion is the salesperson

who sways others to buy

what they’re selling

courage is magnetic,

not for the words or action,

but the person who performs it

I am neither, so when

I grab a poem to read

it feels like jumping off a cliff

the delivery isn’t too bad

when my focus is

surviving the landing

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