I Have No Choice

I'm tired,
and I need to get some sleep. 
But I'll spend most of my night,
in a self-imposed fight.
Trying hard not to write
about how I, right now, 
must write. 

I'm caught in a bloodless battle
where no one gets killed.
But in this altercation 
only ink will be spilled.
No chaos or carnage, 
or even subterfuge.
I’m just facing a reality
knowing I'll always lose.
 
I'm a victim of inspiration
a slave to my passion,
and seduced by an epiphany.
I have no choice 
but to pull out my pen,
and lord help me, 
let the writing begin.

You see I feel a desperate urge, 
a great need to write!
And I, like a junkie looking  
for a two-day fix.
Must write and right now! 
Each word pounding  on the paper 
like an intervention.

I need more of the soothing sensation 
of a pen in my hand.
Because writing this piece, 
was never my plan.
Oh God help me, 
 I'm a Poet.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 1/28/2020 8:59:00 AM
I love this, Robert. Great write my friend. Congrats on your winning poem! Charlie
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Robert Kinard
Date: 1/28/2020 10:26:00 AM
Thanks Charlie, I am going to have to start keeping up the the number of contests that I enter. I write because it feels good.
Date: 1/26/2020 8:26:00 AM
- Congratulations on your great winning poem in S.O. contest, Robert :) - Have a lovely Sunday :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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Robert Kinard
Date: 1/26/2020 12:41:00 PM
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Date: 1/26/2020 5:30:00 AM
Congrats on your placement in the contest..
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Robert Kinard
Date: 1/26/2020 12:40:00 PM
Thank you, Thank you.
Date: 12/17/2019 1:33:00 PM
Pen to paper venting, every man needs his fix . . . : )
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Robert Kinard
Date: 12/17/2019 4:14:00 PM
This man sure dose, I vent and wax on paper thank you for reading.
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