What I believe about poetry

I still feel that most poetry is a sob story told by people who crave attention.  However, rap, metal, and rock music have lyrics that are poetry set to music, and I love music.  Something about reading it makes it seems like a sob story.  But thats not fair to most poetry.  Most poets write about issues that I can relate to, or stop to consider new perspectives that I would never have contimplated.  I think I dislike poetry because I have a hard time writing it.  I have so many thoughts that could become good poetry (if there is such a thing) if i could find a way to write down the words that express how i really feel  Mostly I struggle with word choice and structure.  Those are to two things about poetry that I notice when i read it, because I'm looking for a style that I could try and use and eventually make my own.