Mediocrity

"It's... something..."

I don’t gag much 

On the silence anymore

Or the bore 

That froths forth 

From the bind of my mind

To the stumbling blocks that curve up my spine

And settle at the tip of my neck

Coddle-stone heaps of debris as my sleep

Dangles and tangles 

In a dream that swings most slothfully

Lazily

Hazily-I steep

Defying the bleak

Breaking the border bland in my hand

To stand on the wind and eat solstice again

With my heart tied around my eyes

No surprise that the piles

Of dandelion clouds

Disperse into a sea of butterfly wings

Whose flutter-by stings me with letters in my throat

And I choke on words that chirp like birds

And sing like sentences

Pretenses of blue

In a sky of sad

But at least I don’t gag

On the silence anymore

Or the bore 

That froths forth

From the bind of my mind

To the stumbling blocks that curve up my spine

And settle at the tip of my neck

Author's Note

Writer's block attempts to hinder your creativity in spiteful ways and makes the things that do surface quite mediocre. But it's better than nothing.

Reviews

[Kerry O'Connor]

I think this is an amazing piece of writing, Shawn. Filled with innovative imagery and a delicate touch on the pen/keyboard to bring the ideas to imaginative life.
And I choke on words that chirp like birds
And sing like sentences

Pretenses of blue
In a sky of sad

But at least I don’t gag
On the silence anymore.... Exceptional and inspirational.

[MmeCorpse]

I like it, especially since, when I've had writer's block, I've been known to produce far worse. lol. Pretty good. :)

[Bard Constantine]

You turn writer's block into a pyramid of Giza...

[.]

turning the block into something exquisite..well that puts paid to that..because its inspired something truly divine..

[Robin]

you know why the caged bird sings ...

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

what a refreshing presentation of the emotional tempo of poetics taken and stirred through the personal trials and misfortunes of being~ the refinement of the structure is almost too beautiful to bear in all its humble sharp grace~