WRITER'S BLOCK

Kristian Beatty

Writer’s block is a mixed blessing.

Sure, your creativity comes to a ceasefire.

Sure, you ponder what to pen.

Writer’s block is a mixed blessing.

It means there’s something up there to block.

People go through life

Frustrated and mad.

The world never lets up.

It never says, let’s take a breather.

It just keeps going.

You better hold on tight.

People go through life

Without that creative voice.

They want to express and emote.

Instead they stew and spin in the mud.

That stream doesn’t flow.

That block isn’t blocking

What’s never been flowing.

They feel and they cry.

They laugh but they die.

Can’t handle goodbyes.

Just always been shy.

Writer’s block is a mixed blessing.

It means it’s blocking back something that’s flowing.

I’d much rather have writer’s block

Then just blocked all together. 

Without a word to say why.