Starting Over

Starting Over

We writers love to ply our craft
Sail our words both fore and aft
But we often feel quite daft
When we must start over

When our poem won't work out right
For the rhyme's nowhere in sight
Trudging on won't find the light
Time for starting over

When our meter is all wrong
Syllables too short or long
The poem has sung a sad swan song
Time for starting over

When the message isn't straight
There may be no happy fate
That poem won't leave the starter's gate
Time for starting over

Never feel too sad or blue
When you're on draft twenty-two
And the words still don't ring true
Still time to start over

If you give another try
You may find your words will fly
And soar like eagles in the sky
The prize for starting over