Creative Writing 101

It’s not easy to write a poem

Or a song, so forlorn

Happiness is not a fuel

For the fire that is imagination

Rather the monoxide

That extinguishes whatever burns inside

Pour a little sulphuric acid

Atop the lighter fuel in your heart

Let it burn to ashes

Let the joy wither away

Tap into that perennial vein

And feel a little pain

Forget the straw

Gulp it down

Set your mind wild

A naked child

A thousand horses’ gallop

Earthquake of your making

Close your eyes and suffer

In silence that endures

Slice the flesh and bleed

Words on paper

When you’re done, don’t smile

One step doesn’t make a mile