Author's Defense

You judge me
For valuing words
For savoring sentences
Igniting emotions
Because I can say
What I feel
In a way
That you’ll never comprehend
Because you gobble words
And take no heed
In what you say
No pride
In what you write
You have no sense
Of the senses
No grasp upon
Comprehension
Technique
Phrasing
You use
And abuse
The words
That I love so dearly
Cherish so greatly
Apply so eloquently
So you can judge me
But I’ll keep writing
Keep phrasing
Igniting
In spite of your
Literary ignorance