Rough Draft

There are days when I find myself

surrounded by crumpled pieces of paper

that are inked with the thoughts and feelings

of my weary and troubled mind.

Crumpled, because the words that appear on them

aren’t quite right.

But my favourite thing about writing poetry

is that if I don’t like the rough draft

I can change it;

I can give the poem a whole new meaning

or I can start it all over again.

Life isn’t that kind;

We are born into a world

that demands perfection-

we have to teach ourselves how to hope

that we will get everything right on the first try

and if we don’t?

We have to learn how to deal with the hands

that fate have given us-

and hope that somewhere along  our perilous life

we will be faced with a new beginning,

a blank page,

that will allow us to take that rough draft from the past

and re-write it.

Reviews

[Samantha Lynn]

This could be turned into a prose kind of thing. I think it could work, but that is just my mind talking idk I liked it a lot though.

[Ally Monique]

This is a beautiful poem! I often find myself frustrated with poetry, because there's always two or three words that seem out of place in my writings, but this has such a positive, and deep spin on it that I did not expect! Wonderful write :)

[Ruth]

Wise insight love...takes courage to re-write life, loved this x

[Brook]

Very true, and wonderfully written! As always.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Very true Laura.I have so many unfinished poems but unlike life I can put them on hold until I am ready to try my hand at them again.Great pen :)

[wordman]

well I hope your right cause I got a lot of them lol

[Cory Barrett]

I cannot tell you how many poems i have started in the last 3 months and have thrown away!

[Lyn Anderson]

ahh if only it were that simple. Mind you, I usually don't do rough drafts, like life, for me poetry is just out there once I put it on the page.