Monday 10 March 2014

No thoughts at all.

Today I had a thought,

This was not unlike other days, as I have thoughts often,

But this thought was specific to what I am doing now,

That is writing.

Alas, poetry is not a thing you should think about,

It is something you should do.

Like breathing, or being, or beating or living,

It should just happen. It should just exist.

Yet here I am thinking about it,

Thinking about how I intend to do it,

Even while I am doing it already,

And it is those thoughts that make the process harder.

I regret the thought I had today,

I regret the end result,

But I am grateful for the opportunity to make it better next time,

By having no thoughts at all.