WHEN THE PEN FORGETS TO BLEED. (An Original Poetry) Day 40

Sometimes the mind.
becomes clogged with emptiness.
opening into an abyss of nothingness.
like a written epitaph.
with blank pages.
with mysteries, unsolved.
and memories forgotten.

sometimes the words refuses to flow.
it's like a rock
stuck In the path of a flowing fountain.
Images exists in the abyss of the mind.
but it somehow dies in uncertainty.
birthing only barrenness.
and leaves us wriggling.
like a dying earthworm.

sometimes the pen is a sword.
lying around in ambush.
waiting to slaughter alphabets.
on the strokes of the dotted lines.
of our poetry books.
but sometimes the mind is a bastard.
soft as a custard.
and sturdy as the walls of china.

Sometimes the pen forgets to bleed.
leaving us blank with confusion.
it's like hand picking a thistle of weed.
in a haystack of corn.
the memories are like a gush of water
yet they forget to trickle and drizzle.

sometimes, we forget our mastery.
like a skill of archery.
we are like a swordsman at battle.
but we're Just cattle.
Without swords or spear.
our minds deserts us in time of need.
and we forget our prowess.
only when the pen forgets to bleed.

POETIC ANALYSIS

WHEN THE PEN REFUSES TO BLEED is a poem that talks about the creativity of the a writer, in order words most writers calls it writer's block, this is a poem that references the period of time In a writer's life, where he or she goes through a period when they becomes creative, it's like going through a phase of drought and barrenness, and the poem details a metaphorical explanation of the period where this takes place.

It details the frustration and anger these writers feels because, they are not being able to create a work of art, and the poem uses a lot of imageries that paints pictures of the period of lack of creativity

Written, edited & analysed

By @Josediccus

16/4/2018

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