The Pen The pick up the pen; The put it down again (That sunken feeling, nemesis or friend?) The pen. The Pen. The pacing, the pressing up against The period. Stop stopping Again. Pick it up to put it down. Pointless. Pshaw. Please. Please me simplicity. C’mon! C’mon pen lemme pick it up And put something down.
I’ll plagiarize the flow for a few words of my own. I’m looking for inspiration from the great beyond. My muse is missing. I know the medium is a constraint. I know inside The set of symbols paints Me into a corner. The parameters Of my pen’s head worn out. I’m ******. The metaphors Pressed. The pen is second-guessed.
A literate piece of poetic license,
The defense mechanism Against the prison I impose. Me, myself, and I inside The pen pining for a purpose. The nexus of picking it up and putting it down Is perplexing me, is vexing Me like a sticky keyboard key. So, I’m putting it all down With the pen.
The pen. The picking it up: who cares? The putting it down: pensive prohibition. The picking up; what I left out. The putting it down: polygraph precision. The picking up where I left off: The putting it down: priority, what’s left of me. The picking it up, when I don’t even know Why I bother? The putting it down: passion The putting it down: plea of let me be. The putting it down periscope; I’m diving under The pressure’s mounting; I’m down for the counting on my muse To bring me back From that inky black abyss once again My personal sonar is Probing the depths, of what lies hidden within the pen.
I first posted this after a long first night on this site. I really didn’t pay attention that I had spaced down a 4th stanza that wound up on another page. I am indeed grateful for the attention that this poem received. At first I wasn’t that happy with the 4th stanza so I left “The Pen alone. However, I thought the poem ended much too abruptly; and the switch to “my” instead of “the” pen; I felt undermined the whole poem. I’ve reworked the 4th stanza, and I think this is how “The Pen” is best presented. I always appreciate any feedback, criticism , or thoughts from the outstanding writers that make up this community. Cheers!