What do you believe anyway?

I believe that poetry is created upon interpretation. This is similar to the way vision happens in the mind rather than in the eyes.

I sense and identify with your frustration though. The unfortunate fact about steemit is that payout and trending have nothing to do with the quality of the post. That's why it is important, as a reader, to reflect on what that post means to you and reward or accordingly (meaning up, no, or down vote).

Regarding your post, I actually found the notion of the verses speaking for themselves to be quite poetic. I wonder if it could be characterized as oxymoronic personification.