Before You Throw In the Towel

~ Before you throw in the towel ~ Your pen is full of ink The paper on which you think as fresh as a mountain stream All that remains is to dream of a subject, a theme, a raison d'etre with built-in rhyme, rhythm and 'metra' This shouldn't be so unspeakably hard yet I suppose every minor and major-league bard has moments when he's ready to throw in the towel or just glare at the moon, and begin to howl... That's it! Go out there and howl at the moon Surely then you'll sing a different tune 'Coz when push comes to shove, it's all about mood and though it sounds trite, a good attitude... So, write your heart out, my friend Let all your hair hang way down Your poems will be the toast of the town