Plight of the Poet

Plight of the Poet

By: C. Hemphill

Pen to paper and out falls brain matter

Mop the page with your mind

Trying to find the right simile for your life

Talk about how daddy never loved you

And Mommy never cared

Psychoanalyze

Under the glow of a computer screen

Vomit words and sounds onto a canvas

Paint them into a masterpiece with your hands

Spill your soul like ink

Stain the page with your life

And with your heart realize

That you’re the only person that will understand it all

Anyway