Sunday, March 11, 2012

To a Reluctant Writer


You can pick meaning off words,
You can paint pictures;
You can laugh at them,
Who laugh at you;
You can mourn
The follies of the unwise.

To write is power,
Of words, thoughts,
Limitless and boundless,
As the sky above and earth below;
You will never be alone
When words churn in your mind.

You can be heartbroken,
And cry and cry;
But a poem would wipe tears,
Puts a smile on your face,
Erase the pain
Of loneliness and love.

So won’t you write?
A letter, a poem, an essay;
We would gladly plunge in its depths,
Smile at its humour,
Relish what pains it took you,
And forgive friendly trespasses.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

True to the end...writing is powerful thing ...even an order written down by a govt can change this world upside down..poetry embellishes it witha special kind of beauty...though i read novels n short stories i love to write poems