be yourself

A poet is somebody who feels, and who expresses his feelings through words

This may sound easy.  It isn’t

A lot of people think or believe or know they feel — but that’s thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling. And poetry is feeling — not knowing or believing or thinking

Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel. Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself

To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are

- Edward Estlin Cummings, also known as E.E. Cummings, e.e. cummings, and e e cummings - an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright