JUST WRITE IT

squelch the thug that lives inside
who bullies bards with ego's pride
and sneers at every freakin' word
and calls your heartfelt spill absurd

write it full without the reins
just pull the plug or cut the vein
and let words flow 'cross the page
expressing love or joy or rage

then later when the mind is still
take up a learned poet's quill
and turn that leaden verse to gold
that it might touch another's soul

but what of times when no words come
when mind goes blank and heart goes numb?

remember words will come in time
and if you must, resort to rhyme