You Know You'Re a Writer When

You know you’re a writer when every circumstance is an opportunity To paint your paper with a pen When a teardrop shed is a new gateway with a gleaming rainbow You know you’re a writer when you awaken suddenly in the night Chasing a comet and its tail then off to a maroon sunset you will sail All with the stroke of a pen Just think of the possibilities with me and my pen You know you’re a writer when your house is a mess And the trash has yet to be taken out Because you are digesting the end of a magnificent fairy tale When your water just got shut off because you forgot to open your mail All the while writing about menageries and meadows How shall I close this extraordinary gem? How shall I bring this poem to an end? It’s all sitting at the tip of my quill For now I will close this write and bid my poetic friends a good night We shall gather again here on another day! I know that I am a writer and for this gift of God I say “thank you, Father!” Thank you for the gift of creativity and love for all of mankind Your heart is my heart as I sit down to write You are always speaking to my fingertips! May this joy of writing never end Your best friend, Gwendolen 8-8-14