Everytime a Line I Begin To Write I Also Hear a A Sigh
Everytime I begin to start to write
A single line
I so too also hear
A deep intake of breath sigh and sneer
Which fills me full of dread and fear
As I also in tern then see your eyes roll
And you begin to lear at me
With derision and dissatisfaction in
equal measure of displeasure
As nothing will i ever do will be
met without a howl or scowl
For if 1 single mistake I make
You will surely point it out in infinite
great detail
So I am unable to live it down lest
it forget
So why I even bother writing anything
after all
Is quite a mystery to even me unless
i do it for the sole purpose of being
critiqued and criticized
Especially just for the amusement of
you and you alone
Or in the eternal hope that just maybe
that my day in the sun cometh
I may be granted the final most endearing
laugh of the ages
I am actually enabled to write with such
an abandoned freedom
I am fearful of not looking over my
shoulder or having to place my hands
over my ears
And God willing if it was to even be
or nominated or win some kind of award
Oh boy then have to face the indignity
of beginning to turn my attention to
Penning a somehow carefully crafted
apologetic non controversial acceptance
speech
That doesn't upset or offend anyone
or evey single living human being
Who didn't actually but most of all
never wanted me to
So best say nothing or write anything
at all then hey
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2023
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