On The Process of Writing

[onlysweetpea]

I write poems in a group of three or four that come,
like a flurry of rushed words and probably bad grammar.
Then it stops almost as quickly as it comes.

I go through them a week later
and want to throw them away.

There was a time when I believed
that it was easy.

And it still is.

It’s just bringing it to the light
Like catching yourself naked
standing near an open window.

I’ve wasted too much time swallowing my words.
Some thoughts may be too heavy to carry.

That’s where the poems come from.
When I remember,
when the eyes of suspicion look past
the glitter and gleam
to see me, sitting inside of myself,
trying to work out what is real
and what I made up in my head.

Most likely, I won’t have an answer for you
when you ask me what I’m doing.

Sometimes when I write, I fear something tragic may be happening in my brain
without me.

 

[Chaotic Action Man]

this was a really fun poem to read.

i have a close friend whom writes the best two-three line sentences in the world. she says she can't write poetry to save her life. she also would not let me see all her works, just a few at a time.

i got her to start sending me a few bits here and there in emails, and then a few weeks back i sent her them pasted back into a poem. she was shocked, beacause *drumroll* she was damn good.

now she gets to play with the added dimension of playing around with those sentences and making some far out there stuff. *sighs*

i have no clue why i just shared this story. the poem just made that memory come in. been a while since i talked to her. time for a call. :D

"Sometimes when I write, I fear something tragic may be happening in my brain
without me." (priceless)

would you mind if i used that as a quote like my benjamin below? no worries if you say no.

 

[onlysweetpea]

^^^feel free to quote me, i'm honored. thanks.

yeah, it's hard. i do the same thing and come up with a line or two I like and then the rest of it sounds sorta useless.

maybe i should bounce off those lines to a friend like she did with you and see if they could make it into something i didn't see before.

 

[Chaotic Action Man]

i say you do it hon. i only did it for her once, to show her she COULD write great poems. i guess that is one of the wonders of cut and paste. just try putting them around every which way you can think of. eventually they just fall into place. sometimes you need to add an extra line here and there to complete a stanza, or add a bridge, but on the whole it works out really well. just like this one did.

keep at it though. i like your writting, and in those few lines here and there come some amazing works.