Take a Breather

Writer’s scribbles,
sad attempts at feeling,
at avoiding,
skate across blank pages
in blank verse.

Writer’s shaking hands,
full of fear,
fear of not feeling,
struggle for coherence
while Writer’s brain scrambles.

So inadequate,
the words Writer wants
to write.
Words of love,
of hate,
of whys and whens and whos.

Writer chokes,
audible words,
mingling with scribbles,

asking,

wondering,

fearing,

missing,

longing,

dying.