"I Should Be Writing"
“I should be writing”
I tell myself
With an empty mind…
I should be writing,
but I’ve gathered
all my words together
and patted them down
like pine needles just
above my eyes
and curled up in
the new nest…
Just lying there
Still lying to myself but
Unsure of what the lie is…
I tell myself
I can’t write
Because of this lie
But we all know
that’s bullshit
I should be writing
about the lie,
to the lie,
from the lie;
I am the lie.
I never wanted to take this break, I tell myself;
I should be writing...