\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/forums/message_id/1310211
Item Icon
Rated: 18+ · Message Forum · Contest · #554585
Spring 2006 SLAM! - Congrats to the winners - see you all next time!
<< Previous  •  Message List  •  Next >>
Reply  •  Post New
Jun 19, 2006 at 1:03am
#1310211
Edited: June 19, 2006 at 1:06am
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT
by Puditat Author IconMail Icon
"Invalid ItemOpen in new Window.

Excitement causes my body to tremble
As inspiration overflows from my mind.
Ideas come fresh as the spring rain,
Filling my heart with cheer.
There is nothing I have to prove;
With my pen, I’ve conquered the night.

I own this blessed night.
All who read my words will tremble
At the truths and wisdoms I prove
From the confidences of my mind.
Let them raise their glasses in a cheer,
And use their bodies to shield me from rain.

There seems less growth from the rain,
And I now grow weary in the night.
The pen still recalls my cheer,
Though in my fingers it begins to tremble.
Is it possible to empty or confine the mind,
Or deny all that I did once prove?

Grant me time, so my talent I might again prove
For I cannot endure the critic’s acidic rain.
Unfetter the reins from my mind,
And let me write through the night
Until my limbs resist, and in tiredness tremble.
Then may I renew the reader’s cheer.

They mock me with a sarcastic cheer.
How could I have thought to prove
myself as anything but an artless tremble?
To soothe my burning flesh, I stand in the rain,
Desiring to be consumed by this dark night
So the haunting guilt can wash from my mind.

I cannot trust the thoughts of my mind.
They give me warmth of shame, not cheer,
Tormenting me even in the anonymity of night.
It took all my arrogance to prove
That I am but a drop of water in the rain--
No more special than a momentary tremble.

In my vainglorious mind I sought to prove
my talent was worthy of cheer and rewards copious as rain.
Instead my pen tarred the night, my words just a fleeting tremble.
MESSAGE THREAD
FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-17-06 9:21am
by Texas Belle Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-17-06 9:32am
by Sophurky Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-17-06 9:34am
by Joy Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-18-06 11:52am
by Dale Arthur Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 12:26am
by Unicorn Author IconMail Icon
*Star* Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 1:03am
by Puditat Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 9:55am
by Misawa Author IconMail Icon
Image Protector
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 10:27am
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 11:40am
by Zoo - Salted and Roasted Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 1:26pm
by Katya the Poet Author IconMail Icon
Re: Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 1:33pm
by A Non-Existent User
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 8:04pm
by Piglet Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 8:39pm
by Ghost of Stereotomy Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 8:46pm
by Diane Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 10:50pm
by Harlow Flick, Right Fielder Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-19-06 11:11pm
by Phyllis Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-20-06 12:22am
by Red Writing Hood <3 Author IconMail Icon
Re: FINALS ROUND 2 PROMPT · 06-20-06 9:20am
by A Non-Existent User

The following section applies to this forum item as a whole, not this individual post.
Any feedback sent through it will go to the forum's owner, Cappucine.
Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/forums/message_id/1310211