I Am Defeated Today
my mind teases me with reminder of other failures
everything I have not finished
scads of ridicule taking away optimism
fresh crisp white paper lies dormant
I walk away in defeat
ordinary humdrum chastisement
by muse who is tired of ordinary things
takes a toll today
maybe tomorrow I can be a poet
I eat my misery away with sugar and salt
feeling the cancer devouring my colon
determination brings me back
I stare down my imagination
she sneers that I do not have the words
you are no wordsmith! She screams
I pick up the pen
dancing and prancing leap onto the page
my heart is heavy
today is not the day to become a writer.
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