Monday, March 21, 2011

Musings - 21 March

In between things

I'm a sculptor, not quite sure what
I'm creating or what
the purpose is

All I know is that I have
the raw materials
and they need
shaping, impersonal though
they are at
first

the material needs my
imprint, my effort
my heart and head

It is painful being a sculptor
and it doesn't come easily
I try to avoid
getting down to work
getting my hands dirty 
Getting embroiled

And yet in my heart I know
That the result will be worth
So much more than the
Pain of childbirth

Ah but I can procrastinate for GB
Twitter, Amazon galore, then email,
And still I hesitate
To dip a toe in
Even the tomato clock isn’t
Tempting me

It’s so obvious
I have the materials in front of
Me
Cutting and scraping, smoothing and soothing,
moving things around from A to Z
and all I have to do
Is switch on ‘track changes’
And an editing I will go
On the latest draft
Of my words

Ah, but I don’t want to do this

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