Inspired

Sometimes inspiration comes from somewhere much closer than you would expect.

I sit in this ol' empty room
all quiet and still,
it's like I'm on the moon.

The only company I'll entertain
are shadows and furniture
and my lonesome brain.

This restless body, needs not a bed
to rest its wavering soul.
It yearns to dream, to forfeit its dread
whilst awake in reality's dome.

This raging, beating, fiery heart
dormant in a shell; unable to start,
needs an ignition to entice the flames
of passion and flair into my veins.

So where can I find
this potential spark,
to bring my mind
out from the dark?

To search the depths,
to scour the heights?
A route so bereft,
no trail to abide.

The answer, uncertain.
Its quest, unforgotten.

Maybe it is nearer
than what I had imagined.
I can feel it building closer;
it's not from another planet.

So I look deep within me
and find the same heart
Which once failed its glory
has now renewed its spark.

"The closer you get to something
the tougher it is to see it"
-That is the old witty saying
and to this poem, gives merit.

Sometimes, we must delve
into the darkness of ourselves
and find that inspiration,
that reason for our continuation.

Author's Note

Just something written on a whim, wrote whatever came off my head. Hope its good enough :)

Reviews

[Linear]

Good enough for what?..........It's your mind, it's your life blood poured out in a kind of rhyme, that It's you, and no one can take that away from you. Inspiration comes often when one neither needs or wants it :O) enjoyed, I think it was good enough dont you?

[Calypso]

I love when that happens.

[Nezetta]

this is a beautiful poem, its smooth and flows very nicely. very very well done! :)

[Maggie]

Don't ask if it's good enough...ask if it's you. I can sense a soul trapped, yearning to break free...let go and let your writings flow

[Dahlia Phoenix]

You created a beautiful scheme of a poem and that I salute you friend.

"Sometimes, only when we delve
into the darkness of ourselves
can we find that inspiration,
that reason for our continuation."

That is one message I can relate to because if we don't try, we don't get nothing.

[Sukriti Suki]

very beautiful...it reached the darkness inside and will stay there to give some light..I really enjoyed this piece.

[freelancejouster]

your offhanded rhymes and brilliant visuals do so much to propel this along, it's wonderful. i'm not huge on the random asking of questions, but then, it works well here, so more power to you. and your last stanza is extraordinary. great work.

[Ashley]

i really enjoyed this piece. it tells a universal truth that while we search so hard for something outside of ourselves, it's really ourselves that will ignite us. that was poorly worded...your poem said it much better.

[Ben Taylor]

The rhyming is, for the most part, wonderfully unobtrusive.
Nicely done; "This raging, beating, fiery heart
dormant in a shell and unable to start,"
Nice analogy. :)

[?]

The only company that I'll entertain
are the shadows and the furniture
and my lonesome brain.

Sometimes, only when we delve
into the darkness of ourselves
can we find that inspiration,
that reason for our continuation.

This is so wonderful, so beautiful
I trully enjoyed reading this, loved the flow, loved the ending

[Michael Mercado]

you should just keep writing on a whim then because that was great. i ask myself sometimes too whats my inspiration.it comes and it goes without warning and often leads to good outcomes like this one here. bravo this was definitely good enough for me so it should definitely be good for yourself.