Don'T Fight It - Write It
Don’t Fight It – Write It
When the urge to write – speaks
listen…don’t fight it… write it.
When the canoe tips over
don’t fight it….right it.
When the winds of praise
fill your billowing sails,
beware the capes of hope
where all wind fails.
Allow the “Muse” free rein
but never rule
for she may quell the pen
as you play writing’s fool.
Write with passion
of your pain,
soothing lovers
walking through the rain.
Grant unspoken truth
a voice to speak
lend the power of your pen
to those once weak.
Embrace the subtle shiftings
in your style
resisting them is
writing’s last denial.
Write within your soul’s
unblinking sight
for you - are you - and know
that you must write.
John G. Lawless
5/15/2015
submitted to – Advice for New Writers: words of Wisdom in Verse
sponsor – Tyshawn Knight
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