Inner Child

 

Stop doubting yourself.

You are a poet.

A word slinger,

so go and sing,

let the verbal play begin.

Let your imagination loose, 

don't worry about being too obtuse,

 or too verbose,

too loquacious 

or too on the nose.

Just take the words, 

twist them into balls, 

throw them in the air 

and see how they fall.

 

Stop doubting yourself.

You can do this.

An empty page is not a setback,

it's a playground,

so let your inner child piggyback

on your hopes and thoughts.

Let them build old castles

from the torn parts of your heart

or forts

from the scars

that you are too scared

to impart.

Let them become pirates,

sailors on the seven seas,

Feel the cold splash of water

and the sea breeze.

Taste the salt on dry chapped lips

as you feel the first words

slowly start to drip.

 

Let them become adventurers,

explorers traversing

the lands of your mind,

See what treasures they find

when they dig at the place marked

with a cross on your map

The buried memories

and the things you held trapped.

Let them breathe new life

into old lifeless toys, 

things that you remember that once

brought you joy.

 

Let your inner child loose,

they can become

anything they choose.

Ghost hunters

in a world of haunted houses

and spooky corners.

Let them find the darkest memories

and turn them into a scary clown,

or build a new world

then flip it upside down.

Let your inner child play,

let them find the words

that you need to say.

 

 

 

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