New Here, First Attempt at Poetry in a Decade

[CrescentEssence]

The way you play with line lengths makes the poem work as well as it can


The last three lines beg in a way this poem doesn't need to do

When you say "as well as it can" does that also mean you do not see much potential in the poem as a whole? Genuinely asking. I am newer to poetry so if this poem really is awkward or empty then I would like to know.