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A Chip off the Ol’ (Writer’s) Block
I want to spill for you,
drenching the page ~
my words of love and hope
coloring those life lessons
I’ve had to learn the hard way,
submerging them
carefully, anxiously
beneath the deep, rich waters
of ordinary moments,
each of all and every one
connected, bonded
I want to give to you
the most beautifully constructed
analogies and metaphors,
woven with expert fingers
into flowing, perfected
lines, measures, stanzas;
I want to inspire you
to move
to love
to risk
to appreciate
yet here I am, with none ~
they’re all tied up
on my tongue,
twisted into things
I never mean to tell you,
and in the dramatic fashion
I’m known for,
I’ve come here to exorcise them
only to find my pen
scratching at the paper
in frustration,
with nothing but my intentions
to show for it
drenching the page ~
my words of love and hope
coloring those life lessons
I’ve had to learn the hard way,
submerging them
carefully, anxiously
beneath the deep, rich waters
of ordinary moments,
each of all and every one
connected, bonded
I want to give to you
the most beautifully constructed
analogies and metaphors,
woven with expert fingers
into flowing, perfected
lines, measures, stanzas;
I want to inspire you
to move
to love
to risk
to appreciate
yet here I am, with none ~
they’re all tied up
on my tongue,
twisted into things
I never mean to tell you,
and in the dramatic fashion
I’m known for,
I’ve come here to exorcise them
only to find my pen
scratching at the paper
in frustration,
with nothing but my intentions
to show for it
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