Friday, July 2, 2010

Do You Write?

Searching for something to write,
But there's nothing there.
Digging deep,
Like you're trying to reach the lava below the ground,
But you've hit an impossible rock to break through.
You look up and see the sky above you;
Do you write about that?..
Those fluffy white clouds that look like
They could blanket you up in their warmth?
Except they're cold and wet.
Tiny gusts of wind swirl by,
Lifting your hair up as it passes,
And turning grass sideways..
Do you write about that?
Birds chirp as the morning sun rises
And wakes them from their cozy nests in high-up trees..
Do you write about that?
How about the sea, do you write about that;
The waves crashing onto the sandy shore,
Washing away the drawings you made with fingers or sticks?
Do you write about the colorful rainbow stretching across the sky?
Many people taste it,
So it must taste good..
I want to try it.
At night, fireworks make their presence known with a bam
Of colors and shapes and sparkles and sounds..
Do you write about those
When the right occasion for them pops up?
When snow sprinkles down in Winter,
And covers the ground perfectly in white,
Do you write about that?
You can go frolic through untouched beauty
With your partner by your side,
Hoping they won't shatter your heart
And break it into tiny, unfixable pieces..
Do you write about that;
Your love for that one person?
The friends who comfort you
Once your heart breaks,
And feed you buckets of icecream
And bars of chocolate..
Do you write about them?
Do you write about death,
Afraid that it's going to snag you when you least expect it
And torture you for hours with unimaginable pain
Before it finally lets you go?..

If not, what do you write about?

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