Impasse
Is my final line already here?
Fear of a blank page reappeared.
Repetition in my head reeks of dead air.
Judgemental dread drags out the nightmare.
I spill out my words
which I think from the start
are the perfect ones.
They fall apart
don’t mean a lot.
Let me down
lose my plot.
Well, how do I plead?
A poet indeed.
Go revamp your lines.
A big debt to Supertramp, particularly for the words of 'If Everyone was Listening' from the album 'Crime of the Century'.

John Gilbert Ellis
Sat 8th Nov 2025 17:44
Thank you for the kind insightful comment, Stephen.
Also thank you to everyone else for the likes.