words

poem on writer's block

words

they fail me

they evade and hide and remain submerged
they avoid me

these tools of mine

they fail me

thoughts are their comrades-in-arms
together they run like terrorists
invisible, adamant in their evasion

slippery and eel-like
they slither through my mind
but slip through my fingers
like soap when I try to pen them down

they fail me

I find
no support
no structure
no pattern
no foundation

they fail me

but I know their aim
I know their cause
and their effect
their goal

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edited - I changed the i's to I's, and split the line "I find no support". ghost 5/19