My 2nd Lai
My engines are fired up, as is required for flight. Coffee has me wired, but nothing's transpired tonight. Though I feel inspired, my brain's much too tired to write. I dream of heartaches, of mountains, of lakes, still, vast. Then, morning, I wake; it's come time to make breakfast. Oh, for goodness sake, just give me a break - that's passed! Rusted old wind chimes; Dulled roses past prime, just thorns... Mind filled up with slime; eyes sticky with grime; still worn. Can't just: "Up and rhyme!" moving lines sublime each morn.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Haha! So much turmoil. Sometimes, I’m so pissed when there’s a lot to be done and the mind just wants to sit and write. And then, the anxiety just jams the creative pleasure. Oh well! What to do… Nice one, David! ๐
๐ Terveen ๐
A well-written poem, David. It must surely be about mornings remembered. This poem is clearly written by someone at the top of their game! Most of us have experienced uninspired days…beautifully expressed. โค
๐ Thanks, Cheryl ๐
Looks like you accomplished mind over matter and wrote some lines that rhyme. ๐ Fun one, David!
๐๐ Michele ๐๐
Very beautiful dear David โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Ohโฆ.the rhymingsโฆ๐๐๐
๐ Thanks, Preeths ๐
Hehe! I think we all have these moments – which obviously passed since this poem is delightfully rhymed!
๐ Muri ๐
Mother said there’d be days like this…(k)
more often than not, I think ๐
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๐ค Filipa ๐ค
I would say have another coffee, but … This description so resonates ‘ mind sticky with slime’!
๐ค Marion ๐ค