The Key to Good Reading and Writing...

One cannot live
on reading and writing alone

To make these relevant
a lot of real life
needs to be done...

 ...so the stack on my night-stand keeps growing:)

We need to be

Shoved,

Loved

Hurt,

Hugged

Needed,

Snubbed,

Weary-to-the bone

Sometimes together
Sometimes alone

We need to get dirty

Again and again

Put on something pretty

And be undressed with pain

We need to be praised

And stumble-humbled

We need to stand tall

Like a wall

And crumble

Pause

Because

If we don’t we’ll miss

The quiet kiss

Of Time

We need to let go

Of fear

To climb

We need to hold on,

Fall apart

Feel the reel of

A broken heart

Then when we read

And write we can feel

The heart and soul

Of ink-appeal

© Janet Martin