Best Poems Written by Roy Macdonald

The Writer

THE WRITER

                  I JUST CAN'T GET TO SLEEP WHEN I GO TO BED
                  TOO MANY WORDS ARE SWIMMING IN MY HEAD
                  I TAKE THESE WORDS AND FORCE THEM TO RHYME
                  IT DRIVES ME ALMOST CRAZY PART OF THE TIME
                  THE WORDS KEEP COMING, THEY JUST WON'T STOP
                  THEY ARE DRAINING MY BRAIN TO THE LAST DROP
	          I CAN'T STOP RHYMING, IT SEEMS SO ABSURD
                  I AM ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WORD
                  I NEVER PICTURED MY LIFE COULD BE THIS WAY
                  I GUESS THERE ARE WORSE WAYS TO SPEND MY DAY
                  I WRITE DOWN MY THOUGHTS FOR ALL TO SEE
                  SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME
                  I AM PROBABLY BETTER OFF IF I'M NOT KNOWING
                  WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM SHOWING
                  SOME WORKS ARE COMICAL WHILE SOME ARE SAD
                  SOME OF THEM SEEM GOOD AND OTHERS REALLY BAD
                  I GO FROM WRITING ABOUT MY PROTEST SONGS
                  COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT I CONCEIVE TO BE WRONGS
                  TO PRAISING THE LORD AND THANKFUL FOR LIFE 
                  AND THEN WRITING POEMS TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE
                  I GO FROM SUBJECT TO SUBJECT WITH MUCH EASE
                  HOPING TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT MAY PLEASE

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