Poetry for Writers

Every writer stumbles upon a day--

after vials of blood spilt on the page,

thousands of conjured dreams,

hours spent gazing at empty space,

and notebooks scrawled with notes and queries--

When the sentence arrives and the verdict says

This Book Will Not Do.

And when that day comes, the writer

picks up her stunned heart,

sets the notebooks aside,

grips her pen again,

and trusts that the God of inspiration

will not mind another desperate plea.

Because when a book Will Not Do,

She has no choice

But to slay a few more trees

And write another.

~~Angie