The Block

A poem about the pesky writer's block that has -- at one point or another -- bothered every writer at one point or another.

The Block

A blinking cursor, staring, mocking

A blank page, laughing, taunting,

The white lines haunting

Words, disobeying,

Refusing to portray the ideas in my head

Refusing to dance in the string I want them to.

Every idea is dismissed.

A paragraph quickly reduced to a blank page

No, it’s not right. Why can’t I get this right?

A wastebasket full of rejected ideas,

Full of pages holding a sentence maybe two before the thought was dismissed.

The pencil, twirling in my hand as my mind scrambles for the right words �" the ones that have eluded me, the ones that make mock of me.

My fingers eagerly tracing the keys, desperate for that never ending clacking… Oh what I would give for that never ending clacking! 

Oh what I would give for the never ending scribbling of pencil to paper �" that blank piece of paper!

Forget it… It’s over…

I’ve lost… The block has won.

That empty page has won.

The blinking cursor has won.

Author's Note

Please enjoy!!!

Reviews

[JoeM]

I sat reading this with a smile on my face. You make me quite envious with your playfulness with words. Please keep staring at that page or screen, soon you'll notice almost magically ghostly words start to form on them which yoiu can flesh out with a quick clack or scribble.

[Tashida]

Thank you once again for your kind words :)

My writing has come along way!

[Hebe]

Yes I enjoyed tbis very much.... sounds very familiar ...lol....words disobeying. ..that's great!

[Tashida]

I'm glad you enjoyed!

[matrixmark]

I can relate to this piece of work really well. A cusor just blnking and nothing to write. It's quite a daunting thing - you know you want to write but the words just don't come out.

Really good but terrifyingly true piece of work.

Mark.

[Tashida]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I love writing work that is people can relate to. It's one of my favorite joys of writing. Thanks for leaving the review!

[matrixmark]

Welcome.

Mark.