My Mysterious Song

A poem about writing poems. When the emotions get in the way of the words.

Something slipped
Deep in my heart.
Then I flipped
Not acting my role
Nor playing my part.

Now it's gone
Has been for so long
Yet I still search
For my mysterious song.

When I flipped
And problems did start
I firmly clipped
My giving whole.
An emotional fart.

Still it's gone
Will be for so long
Yet I must search
For my mysterious song.

After I clipped
And pruned my heart
On fresh canvas I whipped
A cleaner soul.
A brand new art.

Is it gone?
If so, for how long
To the end of my search
For my mysterious song?

As I whipped
And fashioned my art
This thought I shipped
For a small toll
To my lonely heart.

It was never gone
All these years so long
It's the actual search
That is my mysterious song!

1989

Author's Note

Writers block ?

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

This poem reminds me of all the unfinished work in my notebooks. going back years. Every now and again I am able to revisit and complete what I started. Finding the right emotions and the right words second time around. This is an amusing way of looking at a common problem experienced by writers. Thank you William.

Chris

[William Michael Reeves]

Me too. And revisiting the emotions that inspired them. Thanks Chris

[JE Falcon]

Well done, Mr. Reeves. And I believe you are right; many songs are written that way, mysteriously.

[William Michael Reeves]

Thanks. Writing about the mysterious emotions that cause us to write in the first place. And the mystery of why we can't write it, then discover we have been writing it all along. No mystery there!

[lessa (kenzie)]

don't you hate writers block, enjoyed this

[William Michael Reeves]

Glad you enjoyed!

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

A mirthful jaunt at rediscovering self and the art that dwells within. Who hasn't soul searched in hopes of finding enlightenment and taping into the reservoir of creativity. Your poem speaks to just that journey we must all make at one time or another. Great job William.

[William Michael Reeves]

You have this amazing ability to see between the folds of my words, unfurling truths that I knew I didn't know. And I read your reviews of others. Every poet should have an inspiration like you! Glad I, and so many do!