Writing For Myself-2
(Inspiration: Meat Loaf’s lyric found in Deb’s blog)
And I won’t write a poem for a contest
Whoever asks and whatever the provocation
Day or night, rain or shine, east or west
I wont write any more for a contest
But, I would write that
Yes, I would write that.
No more wrestling with Aye Aye mistresses
And Alouetting my cleansing rites
Twisted poems and Burlesque twists
Will no longer test my ragged wits
Shadormas and Tyburns
Will cease to be my nightmares
Creatures of the night
Will turn out to be my matters of delight
And, I won't write for a contest
But, I would write that.
But about our fraught lives
Hope and despair and injustice
One love and its many variants
Things on which I write for myself
Would I quit writing on these too
No..I won’t..I won’t
But, I would not write for a contest
But, I would write that
Yes, I would write that.
PS : Who cares? Why should anyone care?
For Carol Brown's 'Write a poem for yourself' contest
S.Jagathsimhan Nair, 30 sept 2011
Copyright © S.Jagathsimhan Nair | Year Posted 2011
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