I STARTED DRAWING THOUGHTS ON PAPER

I STARTED DRAWING THOUGHTS ON PAPER

In a desperate attempt 

To tame my stars,

I ignored the gore,

And forgot the scars.

Left for the world a world away; 

Felt the night, and felt the day.

Not everything was in vain;

I loved love; I felt pain;

Even when the clouds were unseen,

There was thunder, there was rain.

I started drawing thoughts on paper;

I went past clauses huge in number.

Lost in a world of words ‘n phrases,

Rarely did I air my grievances.

I'd started out with a lonely line;

I added another; it still looked fine;

Slowly, surely, it found a rhythm;

In a blink of an eye, it became a poem.
© RB