What Writing Means to Me

It's a passion

 

What Writing Means to Me

 

night after night

i am compelled to write

like a madman, i’m chained

to my notebook and pen

for my well being

putting pen to paper is conducive

until i’m through with it

anything deleted makes me feel

defeated

so again i must restart

as words pour from my heart

i relive painful memories

cursing every horrible thing that’s

ever happened to me

so much for stress relieving therapy

i’m wound too tight

so at my desk i continue to write

my cramped up hands doesn’t make

me stop

neither does looking at the clock

as dawn creeps up slowly

it truly occurs to me

without writing as an outlet

i might as well have my hands chopped off

rendering me useless…

Reviews

[Iota]

My, My you have a way with words and painting your message for us in poetry. Maybe we all can relate to this need to write, to purge ourselves onto paper through blood shot eyes and withering fingers. Like your other writings this one is a joy to read.

[L.G. Knight]

Really well done!
Punctuation aside this is a really great piece and one I can deffinatly relate since I have to be to work in a couple hours and instead of sleeping just finished a new poem lol... Nicely done! thanks for entering it in the sleepless night contest...

~Frances~

[Melanie Jane Boicourt S..]

"my cramped up hands doesn't make

me stop"**************
***********I think that this should be "My cramped up hands don't make me stop"

I do like this. I would like it better if it were puctuated correctly. I know that it was like a ranting almost so I understand why the set up is the way it is.
Thank you for sharing.
Love All, Mejasha

[SPINNING ON that dizzy ..]

I love your words here - so true - when you just have to get something out - there is no stopping the flow.... this just sails down the page like a writer's pledge - everyone who dances with words - knows just how this feels - the picture is amazing - had to laugh. I have a notebook, I have hundreds of little pieces of paper in a shoebox. I love when I see a cd or something that has lyrics written on a napkin or matchbook cover.... I write when I drive and sometimes can't read it later! You so captured the joy and frustration here - excellent.

Kath

[The Musings of Mary H.]

Amen to that! Writing truly is a therapy!

"like a madman, i'm chained

to my notebook and pen

for my well being"

I'm a fan, Jacqueline!