Required Writing

by L. H., Easton, ME



So I'm stuck with something else that I'm required to write. Why does it always seem that my mind goes blank when I need it the most? I search through everything I know for ideas, writing and rewriting. I throw things away that I thought were good before I actually started writing. I know that nothing I write will ever be good enough to get appreciated. I want to make the deadline, but at the pace I'm going now it will never be possible. I look for the perfect idea, that no one else will ever think about, and neither will I. I always think I can't do it, but that is why I can't. I guess I can. Well, I am still thinking, thinking, thinking ...