creativity constipation

by Little Bit

Monday 23rd January 2017 9:13 pm

They said my lines were weak

So I learned not to speak

I decided not to speak

Now the lines are stuck in my mind

Driving me insane

Stay in your lane

I'm a girl who loves to dance

Yet too afraid to give it a chance

Utterly bored with myself

Wishing to purely connect

Aching for

the courage

the tools

the words

To get out of this rut

All my ideas swirl into gray lines

That fill my mind

And fuel the emptiness

That keeps me from feeling alive

Left only with a penchant for pleasing

I just laugh it off

Then cry dry tears at night

Where did I go?

Can you see me?

I'm lost in the monotony

Can you save me?

Can I save me?

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Little Bit

Sun 29th Jan 2017 21:52

travis, baton rouge is my hometown. i'm glad that your friend enjoyed it. i think it's lovely, but i'm probably biased!

Travis Brow

Thu 26th Jan 2017 15:05

Hello LB, to be honest the fellow was a friend of a friend and he might well have been from somewhere other than Texas. Still, it was lovely to see/hear the phrase again, thank you.

While i was in Texas my friend Clair was in Baton Rouge, a place she fell in love with.

Little Bit

Thu 26th Jan 2017 14:21

That's so funny, never realized that phrase was a colloquial thing, but yes, I am from southern US--Louisiana!

Travis Brow

Thu 26th Jan 2017 06:46

Good morning LB. Are you by any chance from the southern US? I only ask because i went to school in Texas about twenty years ago (exchange programme) and met a fellow there who, by way of saying farewell, said 'i appreciate you', the way you do...It still trikes me now as a peculiarly (in the sense of individual/local) courteous phrase.

Little Bit

Wed 25th Jan 2017 16:06

hi Travis,

little bit is a nickname a coach gave me when i was young and it just kind of stuck... it's because i'm petite.

lots of people have told me that my writing is weak (mainly teachers, professors). the line really speaks more widely than just my writing...its more inclusive to ideas and thoughts in general.

thank you for reading and for your encouragement...i appreciate you ?

LB

Travis Brow

Wed 25th Jan 2017 07:18

Hello Little Bit. Why are you called Little Bit? It's a great moniker, don't get me wrong, but how did you get it?

'a penchant for pleasing' is a telling phrase. And who said 'your lines were weak'?

I once went to a writing group and, having read my contribution to those assembled, i was told, by the host; ''well, it's not really poetry, is it?''. I didn't go back again but i did carry on writing. I'm glad you have too. Plough your own furrow.

Little Bit

Wed 25th Jan 2017 02:17

Thanks Patrick!

<Deleted User> (16099)

Tue 24th Jan 2017 22:26

keep expressing yourself my friend in your writings you are on the right path...

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