Must I really write
To feel complete?
Must I really drop my thoughts
and not compete?
Why should this flow
Stop me on my tracks?
Why must the lyrical
Tease me till I crack?
It’s as though a torrent inside
Waits to break free
As soon as I see blank spaces
I’m issued a decree
A word’s not really a word then
It becomes a brush
With which I can paint
The song of a thrush
And the moment becomes beautiful
More than I can describe
All I want to do is
Be nature’s scribe
Then there’s a dizzy spinning
A quick blood rush
And I never want to stop
Though my mind goes ‘Shush!’
And then sometimes, my heart,
It knows this is the end
And the flow says
‘Goodbye! Later, my friend’
Sometimes I write poems
To figure things out
At other times
The poetess just calls out
And when I read to myself
The songs that I wrote
There’s a funny feeling
At the base of my throat!
Sometimes my heart
Just wants to be heard
At other times it’s inspired
by ‘the song of the bird’
Everytime, I think
Can’t do this anymore
The ‘One’ inside says
“Here’s another one, and then some more!”
“So when does it stop?”, I say,
“Well, I hope never!”, says the wise one,
“It’s a gift”
“It’ll stay”
Till then I guess I must write
To honour the call
And hopefully to some
This verse will enthrall!
You must write. A gift not embraced fully leaves the beholder no sooner than it feels being taken for granted and not valued enough. Your flow is your gift and learning to flow takes courage and deep trust in self and in the gift. Writing is a doorway. A way to heal self and also others. A way to reveal your soul and your own unique world view (read heart view 🙂 and it is precious. I wish and pray that you never question “should I write” but slowly discover the deeper meaning of being a good scribe. Because a scribe writes according to the flow of the moment without interference of mind. Source of all art forms is that divine experience of stepping aside and letting something grander flow through us. And hence I request that you must write. If not for yourself, then for others. And I know that u will keep writing and through writing you will find the glory hidden within. So keep walking and keep writing. Both support each other and in process we become great walkers on our chosen paths and also a great writers who write on other heart and not just on paper. Wish you a good writers day ahead. 🙂