My Inspiration (Part II)

by Michelle   Mar 11, 2004


Inspiration's left again
I must have done sumfin wrong
She said the way I'm writing
I must not be feeling very strong...

"You're better than to sink into this depair"
Is what she said,
Then floated out the door again
Oh, my poor aching head...

Just as I was getting comfortable
Trying to accept that she had gone away,
She poked her head back in and declared
"Don't worry, I'll be back, you'll find a way..."

"But some that say they know you,
Have just arrived here at our door"
"Shall I let them in?"
"Or shoo them out, just as before?"

"Oh, go ahead and let them in"
"I've not much else to do"
And as the trio arrived
That's when the conflict would ensue...

First to enter in was Lonely
And she was dragging Selfish along
Wistfully Wishful followed after them
At least one of three's not wrong!

I chastised the first two,saying
"I told you both I didn't want to see you in my heart anymore!"
Then demanded, "What are you doing here??"
Lonely simply shrugged and said
"We've just floated in on your last tear."

And then W.W. spoke up and said
"I tried to leave them behind"
"But they just couldn't stay away,
When they saw how you cried!".

"Well, I never meant for them to come!"
"And they drove Inspiration off once more!"
"I just wish I could see,
For me, what lies in store......."

W.W. put her arms around me then
And ever-so-gently replied,
"Well, I'm always here for you..."
"And your Inspiration is just outside!"

"We won't ever leave you"
"Please don't be sad anymore"
And then I saw my Inspiration come back in,
And she ushered Lonely and Selfish out the door.

Inspiration makes me smile,
Wistfully Wishful does as well,
And as long as both of them are here
Ah, why not? ...Wot the bloody h@ll?

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  • 20 years ago

    by lawrence

    hi Michelle! LOL! ya, i kinda stole Loneliness from you and put her in my poem! you should thank me for that! kekeke... but i've given her the boot recently so let's hope she doesn't return to you! LOL! i have to thank you though. it was your Inspiration, Trepidation, Wistfully Wishful, Lonely and Selfish that inspired the awakening... this use of feelings as characters that metaphorically represents our emotions is just amazingly liberating! thank you! i have so much more to learn from great writers such as you, Craig and Madicyn! so keep it coming gal! (ps: were u attempting a singaporean slang back there in your comments on my poem? "LAR"???? hahahah! :P)

  • 20 years ago

    by craig

    hey michelle
    so this is what you do when you have writers block and inspiration is haveing a kip! make charicitures off all yr feelings and have them come visiting in allegorical guises!

    Lonely, selfish, wistfully wishful and inspiration,(wheres trepidation sauntered off to?!!) its an ensamble piece and very cleverly written. Its like a mini story, full of clever dialogue and brimming with hidden meaning. lonliness and selfishness bugging you uninvited, `floated in on yr last tear` (beautiful line) they have arrived because you have been crying, turning up when yr defenceless to resist. a couple of vultures that can smell blood and looking to be fed.

    But then this w.w comes with them, wistfully wishful. yr dreamy desires, hopes and aims `what lies in store?`. Even she was powerless to stop them coming in, that is until she put her arms around you and reassures you that she will never leave you, can always depend on her. Suddenly you have the strength to stave off the other two, inspiration pops back in and lonely&selfish promptly sod off!

    I love this michelle, funny, hidden depths and unpredictable all the way through. think you know what my favorite line is `what the bloody h@ll!` so wish i could here you say that, yr accent would give it a innocent charm!!!

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