Joseph

Should I Write a Poem Today?

Should I write a poem today?

Would it wash the sadness away?

Could it drive off the clouds black and gray?

And even - even - if it may...

Should I write a poem today?

If I wrote a poem today,

\"Mischief\" or \"Madness\" they would all say,

\"Stiff and bland - in a terrible way.\"

And the pain - the pain - would grow and stay,

If I wrote a poem today.

I can\'t write a poem today -

My brightest thought is filled with dismay.

Try as I might to act, not delay...

And I\'m tired - so tired - anyway;

I can\'t write a poem today.

Let\'s say I wrote a poem today,

Let\'s say the gloomy clouds all stay,

Let\'s say the poem is filled with dismay,

Let\'s say \"It\'s horrible\" they do all say;

If I wrote a poem today,

By the light of this dying day,

Perhaps it would all be more than worth it.

But writing a poem is very - very - hard...

I think I\'ll try tomorrow.