Playful Diversion Or Addictive Reversion

What starts as a playful diversion
   May end up an addictive reversion

   A venture into the unknown at first
   Time passes; the obsession grows worse...
    
   ... and worse, a compulsion to churn out 
   several writes a day, a prelude to
   inferiority and gnawing self-doubt... 

   ...Could anyone possibly guess
   that composing poems might lead
     ~ to such a fine mess?
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Gentry Avatar
June 15, 2018 at 8:46 PM
Sounds about right. :)
Wolf Avatar
June 16, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Yeah, one can get addicted to writing poems … And to what purpose, really?! Thanks for checking this one out. :) gw
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