Ebb and Flow of Writing

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Dear Writing,

I've missed you.

Been gone too long

All the excuses are there...

Too busy, work, family, friends

But it's not enough

I haven't made time for you

and I'm sorry.

When I avoid you,

I feel it.

Less.

Empty.

Voiceless.

Sad.

I need you!

Please forgive me.

It's just that you ask,

you demand EVERYTHING from me

and my resistance comes from

the fear that I didn't have enough to give

I don't care anymore!

Whether you're good or

you're bad... I need you in my life.

Recommitted. That's me:

4AM morning pages.

Working on my book.

Notebook writing. Blog writing.

Card writing.

Bullet journaling.

I'm back. I'm here to stay.

Ready to offer you everything

because the truth is

You. Are. Everything. Love,

Michelle

This poem speaks to my reluctance and struggle to sit down and write lately. It's inspired (the format is blatantly stolen) from the retirement poem that Kobe Bryant wrote and published yesterday. His words surprised me and moved me and inspired me. The other reason for this poem is a webinar, The Potency of Poetry, that I listened to last night between Donalyn Miller and Kwame Alexander. They talked about poetry for an hour. Here are some of my favorite lines from Kwame Alexander... "My goal is to make words cool and make words fun!" "I've seen poems dance!" "You don't dissect poetry. You dissect frogs." After listening to his passion for poetry, I woke up this morning inspired to return to it. Thanks for reading! I hope your day brings you poems that dance and words that are cool and fun!