Discipline
I lie in bed at 3am
trying to write a poem.
My light is on
and I try not to disturb the crickets.
Their hearts have reached a resting state
and they are saving their songs for tomorrow.
They have discipline.
The loudest thing this morning
is my pen
The most impetuous thing this morning
is my mind
conspiring against the pen
haphazard on the page
scrawling into illegibility
which isn’t like me.
September 13, 2011
If You Want to Read This, You Know What to Do.
Posted by mayiwrite under writing | Tags: anxiety, class, headache, morning, poem, scroll over this post |[5] Comments
September 13, 2011 at 3:46 am
Wow, there’s an html version of disappearing ink??
September 13, 2011 at 10:10 am
Yes, invisible ink. That’s exactly the idea.
September 13, 2011 at 8:31 am
Nice poem.
September 13, 2011 at 10:11 am
Thanks. True story. This morning.
September 13, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I didn’t know what to do, but then I figured it out ^_^