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Writer's Block

February 24, 2014
By Sapphire9 PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
Sapphire9 PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
26 articles 5 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.&quot;<br /> - Albert Camus


Dull, achy, stiff from staring
Clocks are ticking, lights are glaring
My head, it throbs,
My mind, it sobs,
Who’d have thought a page could mock?
Well, that’s what comes from writer’s block.

Broken pencils, scrubbed erasers
Paper from a thousand acres
The more I wait
The more I hate!
Ideas are growing vague and distant,
And all my thoughts are inconsistent.

I started half an hour ago
With an idea on which to grow
But now it’s worse
With every verse.
Logic slowly slips away.
My thoughts begin to go astray.

I feel insulted by my writing
I thought that I was more exiting
This is exhausting
And it is costing
A couple hours worth of time
Just to get my words to rhyme.

But I can’t go! I’ve more to write!
And I won’t leave without a fight.
I sit and stare,
No longer care,
I fight against profanity,
I must repair my sanity.

Oh, Writer’s Block, I detest you!
You are the evil virus who
Infects my brain
Makes me insane!
I violently turn out the light
I’m done! I’m quitting for the night.


The author's comments:
This is a silly poem that I wrote about our worst enemy. As Charles Bukowski says, "Writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all." Thanks to my best friend, who helped me out with editing :)

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on Mar. 19 2014 at 9:59 pm
Sapphire9 PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
26 articles 5 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.&quot;<br /> - Albert Camus

Thank you!

Thalion SILVER said...
on Mar. 19 2014 at 10:55 am
Thalion SILVER, Peoria, Illinois
9 articles 3 photos 53 comments
I like it! Nice job! Very funny, too. :)