i like to write with feeling
i'm not one of the lucky ducks who can pick up a pencil
or open their laptop and
write a whole new world in the blink of an eye
i have to sit
simmer
for a moment and wait for words to come.
i have to have my heart in my fingers as i compose
anything
but even when i'm finished pouring emotion onto paper,

the words
have no
soul.

i guess they take after their author.