Sunday, 16 March 2025

Inspiration

 


In that window,

where so often I sit

seeing the moon dwell

upon the deep ink of space.

Words start to form

as quickly as an alarm rings

when your head falls to the pillow

and your body gets warm.

Inspiration. It shouts,

in words too loud to pick out,

but then it calms

and you can pick

the dawning sunshine

out of the awkward words.

Plucking meaning

from each daisy petal syllable

that you then scatter

across the ground.

 

Now write it yells,

five minutes I expect a poem

to drip from your quill.

Bleary eyes search for scraps,

torn paper pages awakened inside.

In the chaos that rages

I jot down lines.

Underline, then scribble them out.

The words striking fear within,

the clock begins to shout

with each creaking tick

and every aching tock,

as I scrape more scraps

into the mental wastebin.

 

Why can't I write? These words

repeat over the page in my head.

The table lamp beside the bed

bleeding shadows of doubt

onto the walls, both inside and out.

Then a lullaby calls,

back into the arms

of sleep I fall,

where inspiration lives,

in the dreams that I call,

home.

 

The words soon start to form

in front of dreaming eyes,

to peruse 

like a pick and mix sweetshop

filled with wonderful delights.

I taste a bit of this,

a touch of that,

some candied verse,

with a sweet outlook,

and I awake refreshed,

pen clutched

tightly to my chest,

and I write.

 

 




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Peace, Love & Poetry
Kyle

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