Tell me to fight wars,
And live in exile;
Tell me to live numb
From love and desires;
Tell me to give up
The light in my eyes;
But spare me my writing,
Which keeps me alive.
Tell me to wander,
For eternity wise;
Tell me to live wretched,
Like the bedouins;
Take my possessions
My money, my lands;
But spare me my writing
With it I’ll survive
Keep all your trinkets,
And worldly acquires;
Save all your princes,
For maidens alike;
Kneel not before me,
I’ve made up my mind;
To stick to my writing,
With it I’ll survive.
Image Credit: A shade of pen
It reads so smooth on the tongue like an Ode to Your Writing.
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Haha. Thank you Noir. Wanted to go for a bit of rhyme today. 😁
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It worked out lovely.
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Writing: it stirs within us, begs for attention, for release, then when we sit down, it plays hide-and-seek. Ah, the bittersweet tang of the words that get stuck like caramel to the palate, taking much coaxing to release. But a writer can’t just give up writing. Sooner or later the words get unstuck and they must be released from their prison. I love this poem. Reblogging.
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Reblogged this on TheKingsKidChronicles and commented:
Writing: it stirs within us, begs for attention, for release, then when we sit down, it plays hide-and-seek. Ah, the bittersweet tang of the words that get stuck like caramel to the palate, taking much coaxing to release. But a writer can’t just give up writing. Sooner or later the words get unstuck and they must be released from their prison. I love this poem
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Ah this is so very true!!
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Thank you! I’m glad you feel the same way about writing too 🙂
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I really do and I absolutely love the way you wrote as you know! Xxx
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Beautiful! Keep writing and indeed you will survive 😉
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Thanks Ana! Yess we will 🙆💪
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Wonderful poem! It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to write and also read what others have written.
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It is. And that’s one of my favorite things about blogging, getting to read others worls. Thank you. 😊
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Love this!! And its so timely! Its like you saw what my post was going to be about. That quote at the beginning described it perfectly.
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Thank you Joy. Its our telepathic Connection 😉
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Yup it is! 🙂
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