Friday, 9 April 2010

poetry when words fail

WHEN WORDS FAIL

WRITING THE WORDS, YOU SEARCH TO FIND

A SCRAMBLED MESS INSIDE YOUR MIND

WANTING TO SHOUT, SCREAM AND CRY

WRITERS BLOCK HOWEVER HARD YOU TRY

WITH SO MANY IDEAS BOUNCING AROUND

IT’S ALL YOU CAN DO TO STAY ON THE GROUND

WHERE DO YOU START, OR EVEN BEGIN

WHEN NOTHING WILL FLOW FROM WITHIN

IMAGINATION OVERLOAD, UNABLE TO THINK

NO RYHME OR REASON THOUGHTS OUT OF SYNC

LIKE PIECES IN A PUZZLE IF YOU TAKE YOU’RE TIME

THE WORDS WILL FLOW LINE AFTER LINE

FROM OUT OF THE CHAOS SENSE CAN BE FOUND

NO LONGER THE HEADLESS CHICKEN RUNNING AROUND

ONE BY ONE THE POEMS FLOW, INNER THOUGHTS, FEELINGS SHOW

LIKE THE LONGEST WAIT AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT NOW YOUR ON GO

IF ONLY IT WAS THAT EASY, BELIEVE ME IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN

AND ONCE AGAIN YOUR MENTAL BLOCK WILL DRIVE YOU INSANE

BUT WRITE DOWN EVERY SINGLE LINE, VERSE, AND RHYME

AND IT WILL ALL, LIKE MOST THINGS COME TOGETHER IN TIME

WE ALL HAVE FEELINGS AND THINGS WE WANT TO SAY

AND EACH OF US IS CAPABLE OF POETRY IN SOME WAY

FROM THE GREATEST TO THE LESSER KNOWN

KEATS, YATES, TO NAME BUT TWO AND EVEN MY OWN

I DONT THINK IM GREAT BUT IT COMES FROM THE HEART

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO THE END, EVERY PART

MY WAY OF RELEASE FROM MY WORLD OF TORMENT

TRYING TO FIND WHERE MY LIFE AND HAPPINESS WENT

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