Intended Purpose

Most poems are not put
To their intended purpose

Virtuous
They may be
And filled with innovation
Novel scansion
Consonance
Galore
Assonance
And more

Sure rhymed and chimed - But never mind
The original intention

It's all defeated by a chance line
An off-hand mention
Of a cat's curl
Or the purr of a friend
Or the dark shadow of loss

And thus
The reader reaps
Finds unplanted meaning
Of their own

This is not selfish

This
Is genuine
And truthful
And beautiful
And Divine