Shallow

So poetry is passion,
Right?
But storytelling takes practice.
(Or so I'm told.)
Storytelling is an art form,
A craft,
A way to entertain,
Or to make a living.
Poetry,
On the other hand,
Is
Instinctual,
Primal,
A basic
Need.
Storytelling is in words
Always.
Poetry is words, too,
And also pictures-drawings-sketches,
And movement-music-masquerade,
And expression-emotion-feeling,
But never
Always-something-anything-please.
Storytelling is history-moral-reason,
Yes,
But storytelling can be
Synopsized-summarized,
And really only ever taken at
Face
Value.