*A writer writes…
so that’s what I do.
Not that I must
But it’s the right thing to do.
It’s not always easy
to lay down a line
on a small scrap of paper
that’s so hard to find.
Expressive nouns and passionate verbs
they assault my brain and
take me away.
There’s no way to dictate them
out on a page.
So I write them all down
any place that I can.
While at the bar,
a napkin will do.
Or in my car,
a matchbook or two.
A Post-It will get me by
in a pinch.
Or any other paper
I’m happy to find.
And into my shoebox
I tucked them away.
I laid them right there
for another day.
Occasionally I’d come back
to see what they say.
Reading them over
again and again.
Into my brain,
that's where they have gone.
Stuck in my mind
for a decade or more.
The shoebox is gone now
from so long ago…but
the memories still linger
inside my brain and
out to my fingers
they continue to flow.
I write them all down
and expand on those thoughts.
Remembering the memories
I once thought were lost.
An explosion of words
pouring out on the page.
These many little thoughts they
now have a stage.
The lasting memories
are now down in print.
The shoebox is gone
but the words are in ink.*
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017 at 8:06 PM UTC
*A writer writes…
so that’s what I do.
Not that I must
But it’s the right thing to do.
It’s not always easy
to lay down a line
on a small scrap of paper
that’s so hard to find.
Expressive nouns and passionate verbs
they assault my brain and
take me away.
There’s no way to dictate them
out on a page.
So I write them all down
any place that I can.
While at the bar,
a napkin will do.
Or in my car,
a matchbook or two.
A Post-It will get me by
in a pinch.
Or any other paper
I’m happy to find.
And into my shoebox
I tucked them away.
I laid them right there
for another day.
Occasionally I’d come back
to see what they say.
Reading them over
again and again.
Into my brain,
that's where they have gone.
Stuck in my mind
for a decade or more.
The shoebox is gone now
from so long ago…but
the memories still linger
inside my brain and
out to my fingers
they continue to flow.
I write them all down
and expand on those thoughts.
Remembering the memories
I once thought were lost.
An explosion of words
pouring out on the page.
These many little thoughts they
now have a stage.
The lasting memories
are now down in print.
The shoebox is gone
but the words are in ink.*
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