Looking for Inspiration

I wish that I could be so eloquent when I sit down to write my poem. So assignment #5 is going to be about poetry so I've been reading different styles and trying to find my own poetic voice. I recently read two poems that I thought I'd share. They are both by Maya Angelou and are profound in their simplicity

During the years when you knew nothing

And I knew everything, I loved you still

Condescendingly of course,

From my high perch

Of teenage wisdom.

I grew older and

was stunned to find.

How much knowledge you had gleaned,

And so quickly.

and then

During those earliest, dearest days

I did not dream that you had

A large life which included me,

For I had a life

Which was only you.