~ Rehab

Just breathe a little, in between the lines... LOL

~ Rehab

Every poet needs a rehab

From writing now and then,

If it is just a writer's block

Or climbing above your pen...

We all need time to breathe,

For what lays closest to our souls

To balance simplicity, or just enjoy,

Real life and all the lucky goals...

~ Elisa Laura

Author's Note

This is a write just out of silence,
Happiness and being out of writerscafe for a long time.
It can bring purity in simplicity, and
not the slave of your pen.

Thank you,
xx E.L.

Reviews

[Belle]

Rehab is now the new term for re-entanglement. :)
I used to wonder if the Philosophers have really lived a philosophical life, and I used to often ask if poet's life is really as adventurous as his writings. And then when I had the chance to study Literary Criticism I have learned that writers writings dominate him/her life.

So I agree with this thought Dear Eli:
Every poet needs a rehab
We all need time to breath

What is it there to write/to record, to share if we will tie ourselves most of the time in front of this window and not to live life outside the window.

Another good thought Dear Eli. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much dearest Belle. So true, it is the new term for re-entanglement. Good questions you ask yourself. And also the facts are true... it is a must, a survival, a need... once a writer, always a writer. P.s. I bought beautiful hand made notebooks, with celtic leathern gouged covers, to make my work a fact, I will be busy with it, next to normal life... but it's nice to have all hand written in a bundle together. Thank you so much for your thoughtful review :)

[KAOlmsted]

Very nicely expressed and it rings true...taking a hiatus from the cafe is a very healthy thing to do, even if it means the words don't come as easily, or plentifully, it is a necessary holiday every now and then. Usually, upon returning, the time away reflects in the writing. Such a nice piece. Thank you for sharing it with us, and welcome back. Yours is a voice we all love.

-kimmer

Very true dear Kimmer. Thank you for your words, I've missed the place, and posting a lot... but it was nice to be away for a long time (how strainge that may sound...) it gave me new inspiration, X

[Prolific In Verse]

Seeing as I come back mostly for you, I guess I met you in rehab, but you forgot my name.

I'd enjoy if you wrote more short cripsy scripts like this one.

And oh! Welcome back.

Thank you so much for these words.... :)

I will never forget you nor your name...

[Prolific In Verse]

For all the poets who have loved all the lauras, and there are so many! How I do like to be 'near' you my friend. and I will try to covnince you to join my contests as always...

Likewise dear friend. I'm glad you're back too :) and read your beautiful work....

[David Scott]

What a grand addiction though...
I'm glad your "off the wagon". Ha

I'm still in lol :D I probably always will.... I'm nothing without my fontain pen, and my notebook :)

[Robin]

live love write

That's the motto, :)
I can't live without writing.

[Tree]

Yes Eli, this is true. Creative energy ebbs, and flows. Like the sea. Sometimes we just don't want to write anymore, but only experience. It is healthy. I find when inspiration has left me that that is the best time to return to older poems and make them better ... perfect them, edit them. They say it is better to take your time and write One great poem, than to breeze through half-hearted and write a thousand, mediocre ones. When my heart is not in it I walk away from creating, but never walk away from working on one that has already/been created... Thank you for sharing this

Thank you dear Diego, for your always so heartfelt and wise reviews, you are so right about all facts in this. About the editing too, I share the same opinion, as for me poetry is never finished, it is always alive, like blood pumping through ourveins, I love it you always review with heart too, as you write also with it, thank you for this review my friend. :)

[Leslie Philibert]

A fine poem, but only true for some writers. Charles Dickens wrote constantly,professional poets work constantly on new projects. So for some writers writing is rehab - they can`t exist without working, and writing is for them real life.
So you are right, but you shouldn`t generalise from your own ( valid ) example.

It can be interpret in different ways dear poet, in the month I was off from WC I never stopped one day with writing, I'm actually one of those who can't stop writing, as many on here know my pauses behavior, thank you so much for your words Leslie

[CS]

A poets heart is a complicated thing in its simplicity. We all need breaks sometimes because we know writing should never feel forced or come from a place of anything but love of the art. I have been to rehab so many times, as you know....but nothing helps regain my sense of wonder for words than solitude. I couldn't agree more with what you said here. A pen is just an extension of a poet. A poet is just an extension of inspiration. Thank you for your inspiring words, my fellow poet :)

Exactly Courtney, the moments of silence make us think, we all do need a break from time to time, it is so healthy, thank you so much for your insights shining star :)

[CS]

Glad to have you back, Eli :)

Thanks dear, I'm glad and happy too :)

[Distant horizons]

Sometimes, the pen lets us know what is best. I can love and hate not writing, just as I can love and hate writing. One thing I know though, is it will always be a part of me, and you.

Yes! you said it so well.... how hard we denial, or block ourselves to have a writers-made-block lol sometimes, there isn't a writersblock, you know... it's the mind wich is needing to write, even when the heart wants rest sometimes... or vice versa... thank you so much for stopping by :)

[Distant horizons]

So true. It isnt writers block, its life block

Haha yes! you named it :D xx

[Distant horizons]

:-)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we do need that breath, you are right/write!

even if it scares us sometimes and makes us wonder whether we will ever write again...i used to worry about that...not as much now..it seems to always come back.

i really like this simple yet profound piece.

a couple spots.."a writer's block"

and "we all need time to breathe"---

jacob

Thank you so much Jacob, As I always come back too, I'm a poet who needs a breathe from time to time, when all gets me too heavy, and I need let it land, in my thoughts. Thank you for helping me out again with the grammar, I fixed the typo's/spots, warm greetings from the Netherlands.

[Frieda P]

Sounds like a good idea, I've put myself in rehab when I need an attitude adjustment of just to silence my mind for a while so it won't explode into frootloops. ;-)

Hehe... you're a gem Frieda :) We all need some personal rehabs always... it's to balance the oh so needed facts and get a little back into reality. Thank you so much.