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Don'T Fight It - Write It

If only I had the will to fight it
    a sword to smite it
      an injustice to right it
        a famous quote to cite it...  

  But of late I teeter and totter
    bumble and stumble
      creak, 'cos I'm weak
        drop the ball or fumble... 

  If only I could take a pill
    to restore my iron will
      to bring back the thrill
        to leap for joy with verve and skill... 

  But we both know there's no such pill
    not in valley low or high on hill 
      So what to do? I guess I will
        capture lost glory with a quill
           No more to fight it!! ~ Just to write it!


               June 13, 2023
           Entry in John Lawless'
        DON'T FIGHT IT - WRITE IT
               Poetry Contest

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 6/26/2023 10:21:00 AM Congratulations on your win. A creative write. You need to do what you do best. Just write about it... Have a blessed day writing away..................... Login to Reply

Beata Agustin Date: 6/25/2023 10:20:00 PM Congratulations. Thanks for sharing your wit, wisdom, and winning words through your excellent poetic style. God bless you. Login to Reply

Deb M Date: 6/16/2023 8:42:00 AM Excellent poem B.B….so well written….flows beautifully! Debx Login to Reply

Marikate Kingston Date: 6/15/2023 4:52:00 PM I need that quill sometimes Gershon, is it magic? That wretched tabula rasa, my blank slate. I need to read more of your poems to fill my own slate creatively. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/15/2023 7:31:00 PM Read all 6,000 of them, Marikate. You may get 1.346 - 2.7341 or so random ideas out of them. lol. Keep smiling. ~ Kayree Tivitee

Michael Tor Date: 6/14/2023 11:17:00 PM Gershon at least you can pretend when you write, lol. So writing about these emotions they are relived inside, so my guess is you still got it upstairs in the brain, now if it can work its way down. lol Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/15/2023 7:34:00 PM What I retain 'upstairs' ain't nothing compared to all the junk I got in the cellar! lol. Thanks, Michael

David Fisher Date: 6/14/2023 5:56:00 PM This is 'Write On'! Great lead up to the final line. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 6:17:00 PM Thanks for the appreciation on this one, David!

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/14/2023 1:58:00 PM The pen is mighty in the diminished body… Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 6:12:00 PM Instead of crescendere, it's descendere... 1st floor. Doors Closing. Going Down...

I Am Anaya Date: 6/14/2023 10:39:00 AM There's Zinc, it works with the immune system [strength] -better yet keep on writing it! This is fabulous and best for the win, GW. wow Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 6:09:00 PM Gee, thanks! Very encouraging comment --- appreciated. :) gw

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 6/14/2023 6:48:00 AM Teehee gw. I guessed you were a lover, not a fighter. :) laf Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 6:06:00 PM Who, me? A lover? Teehee, gw

Joanna Daniel Date: 6/14/2023 12:33:00 AM Great writing, Gershon:) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 6:00:00 PM Thanks for the nice comment, Joanna. Hope you are well. Light and Joy, Gershon

Shirley Hawkins Date: 6/13/2023 7:41:00 PM Why should you fight it Or swipe it with a sword? Gershon you know already The pen is mightier than the sword! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/13/2023 8:00:00 PM Heh - heh. Great reminder, Shirley. Peace, Gershon