If My Mind Went On Strike

It's possible to write in writer's block if you write about writer's block :)

The pen is in my hand.

The story is in my mind.

There's no such thing as not thinking.

I'm always thinking.

Always getting new ideas,

always mentally writing my next poem.

Always storing new quotes,

always planning a new plot line.

I don't know what I would be thinking

if I wasn't constantly creating.

Maybe I would be pondering

what sandwich tastes the best,

or what my favorite color is,

or what shirt I want for my birthday.

Would my mind be blank?

Void of thoughts,

of stories,

of ideas?

Would I then be able

to carry a conversation

with the teenager next door?

Or would I just lose myself?

Would I suffer eternal depression

if my mind went on strike?

If being creative makes me different,

I don't want to be the same.

Author's Note

Written in July of 2015