Ode To Writing

An ode to my love of writing. Also, a bit of a description of how it is for me when I write.

It all begins in the Abyss of Silence

Like Death took away Sound

A silky piece of paper beneath my hand

The ridges of a pencil shifting between my fingers

Gears in my head turning with every day processes

Another part of me churning with fantasies

Then...BAM!

I'm off like a shot

Images flood my mind

Entire scenes and descriptions

A little elf popped a DVD in my head and pressed Play

There is no pause or stop button

I must jot down the images as fast as I can

Don't let them disappear into the void

Don't lose them forever

My eyes are wide open

But, I'm not really there

I'm lost in the incredible beauty flying through my mind's eye

Beauty like purple mountain ranges at sunrise

Beauty like angels

Beauty like a love meant to last until forever comes to pass.

My mind is moving in a blur

The images flitting by

But, everything must be written

Every scene

Every description

Every moment

Write about angels and demons

Write about Life and Death

Write about the damaged and the broken

Write about magic and miracles

Write until your fingers are broken and your mind is empty

Write until all you type, write, think, and speak are poems and stories

If I was not meant to be a writer,

Then, why was I given such vivid dreams?

Why are the images that come to my mind's eye so clear and beautiful?

They are most certainly not memories

They are stories waiting to be put on paper

Waiting to be shared with the world

And it all began in the Abyss of Silence

Images entering my mind that are too beautiful not to be written

In just seeing them...

I know that they are meant to sweep minds into their embraces

Take the world away from reality for a moment

They are meant to be shared with the world

Author's Note

This is not the original version of this piece. Some of the lines are the same or similar, but a lot of them are totally new or at least slightly changed. I have the original somewhere, have looked for it furiously, but I cannot remember where it is. I rewrote this Saturday night and can only say that the first stanza is the only one closest to the original. Put it in blue because it's my favorite color and this poem is an insight into me. Hope you guys enjoy!

Reviews

[Darian B.]

I very much did enjoy! I can totally relate, there are times when all of my emotions pour out of me and I have to write all of the ideas down before they leave. I love the lines "If I was not meant to be a writer/Then, why was I given such vivid dreams?" Because they capture my feelings about writing exactly. I think we poets feel just a little bit stronger than most people and see the world just a little bit better and this it becomes our duty to capture those feelings and sights. Great work!

[Tessa Melendez]

Thank you so much!! I am thankful that you understand the processes of writing the same way I do.

[------]

I love this so much. This accurately describes the writing process. When you're hit with inspiration, it's like a lighting bolt in your heart, and if you don't get the words down on paper, you'll explode. I love the opening stanza, I'm glad you only changed it slightly. :)

[Tessa Melendez]

No, a lot of them are different from the original. But, I'm glad you enjoyed this piece.

[barleygirl]

My creative process is not QUITE this dramatic or extensive or uninhibited, but I can truly appreciate the process you're describing. Some people try to THINK their way to a writing idea, but the best ones come like you've described here, an inexplicable wave of inspiration that must be written down before we lose it! Sometimes I try to get myself into a place of inspiration by simply feeling all the powerful creativity that other people are putting off, such as in your message, not the words of it, but the total uninhibited nature of it, the energy of it . . . like, please infuse my soul with this amazing spark! *smile* (((HUGS)))

[Tessa Melendez]

Thank you. I wish I could've put the original on here, but I can't remember where I put it. It would be so much better to compare something I wrote so long ago with this piece from a short time ago. So everyone can see my improvements in writing and understand the process of writing for me. The original was literally scrawled on a page while this one was more thought out I think.

[barleygirl]

I know what you mean. I sometimes like to share things about my creative process, as well as the writing itself. It's always fascinating to watch how a message can evolve as we learn & grow in writing and in life (((HUGS)))

[Inject Positivity]

Very well expressed Tessa!!!

Writing is a therapy for me, and now I live to write and write to live it's as simple as that... I truly agree with you about the way words and thoughts flowing through mind in a moment of silence and suddenly we put our hand on a pen and start expressing those words on the paper... The poem truly states how a writer writes in her own beautiful way...

I hope you find your original piece or the first piece of work very soon... It is still a very lovely write, conveying the story of how you write...

Sincerely
Dhiman

[Tessa Melendez]

Thank you. I love writing. I want to do it as long as I live. I love the moments when I feel like I'm living or at least experiencing the scenes and moments that I write.

[An owl on the moon]

This is such a powerful, beautiful expression of writing, and of your personal experience in this wondrous river of words. I read your thoughts here and realized how amazing it is that worlds flow out of these silences, and then they come like rain over the landscapes of your mind. Looking forward to seeing how other writers see this life of your muse, and how we relate to your experiences. May the words always flow through you!

[Tessa Melendez]

Thank you so much. I'm really feeling mixed emotions about this recreation. The original was so...original. It felt right the moment I wrote it. The fact that I couldn't at least find the original BEFORE writing this new one makes me kind of sad. But, I know that this one is like the updated version, and therefore much better.

[An owl on the moon]

I'm glad you found the inspiration to write it again, and hope too that you find your original soon. Writing is so personal, and means so much as we create it.

[Tessa Melendez]

I hope I do too. I'd love to post it and allow people to compare. I wrote it so long ago. It'd be interesting to see how my writing has developed.

[An owl on the moon]

That would be perfect! Would love to see the growth of your ideas and thoughts.

[Tessa Melendez]

But the problem of finding the original still remains :(

[An owl on the moon]

Perhaps it will find you.

[Tessa Melendez]

Perhaps it will. It will grow legs and walk up to me in the middle of the night and tap me on the shoulder and say: "HERE I AM!!!" Lol.

[An owl on the moon]

Hmmm! I can't wait to hear of your poem's long journey home! :D

[Tessa Melendez]

Lol. I guarantee you it won't be that great.