I Write
I write when I want to sing
when I need to scream
when I wake from dream
when beauty breaks me open.
when sorrow breaks me down
when I have a no answers
to keep my balance, to connect,
to reflect, to shift your perspective,
to shift my own, to be known.
I don't write when
I don't want to know
what I think, what
I feel. When I don't
notice the moon,
the mood, the earth
under my feet, the sky.
But mostly, beneath
excuses and philosophy
I don't write when I don't.
Contrast
When I
don't write
I stand
alone, unknown.
When I
write I show
my face, exchange grace.
my face, exchange grace.
I like all of these very much, Victoria. I think you have pretty well summed up reasons why you write and why you don't write!! I especially identify with the thought: "I don't write when I don't." Another I like is that when I write I show my face, exchange grace. I do think we all do like to be known, and blogging / poetry is one way of being known! Thanks for starting to blog again, Victoria.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary, you are consistently a great supporter of my writing and of me, in general. Thanks for encouraging me back into the blog world.
DeleteThis is wonderful - all very good reasons to keep writing. It sustains us, and gets us through, as does the support of our poet friends online. I truly resonate with this poem.
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