Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.
To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings.
Vulnerability is not a weakness but a faculty for understanding.
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.