Writer's Block

I wrote the following poem shortly before beginning an article that has an upcoming deadline.  It came as a result of asking myself the question: "Why do I always get so freaked out and get myself all worked up before I start writing--something that I truly love to do?  This flowed out very freely within minutes, and I'm choosing to keep it unedited because it really explains the truth of that moment.  Blessings. :)Melissa

Writer’s Block

White page staring back at me,

if you could speak, you would

ask me how I could think I am

smart enough to post my art

upon your skin.

How could I possibly know

what to write as I drown

within the depths of your

opaque disapproval? You

reflect back to me all

the fear that harbors at the shore

of my imagination—my

inadequacy stuck to you

like glue.  I am not to be

included on this page.

So I write about nothing

related to the assignment

at hand, but rather a topic for

your approval.  The Truth.

that I am terrified to be

exposed.

©2008 Melissa Simonson