2 July 2012

I feel the stirring in my mind Something just out of reach A fruit of my imagination A glorious technicolour peach

I looked at it bobbing away On my turbulent swirling sea Where my dreams are often lurking That's where the peach must be

But to reach that great idea I had to build myself a boat And row myself to the very spot Where the skin soft peach did float

The ocean was a raging torrent A twisting whirl of thought A thousand refracted images in waves Of all but what I sought

Suddenly, a lightning strike! My paddle was gone forever I was left to drift alone At the mercy of the weather

I could see that peach still But distractions were all around Focusing my heart on it I battled through the sound

Another disaster! A whirlpool ahead Leading straight to a empty well Where ideas have all dried up Cursed by a wicked spell

Desperately I tried to paddle With my arms on either side But that brought me face to face With something that I'd tried

A lost fragment of an idea Abandoned, left cruelly to fate I seized upon it and held it aloft And the current began to abate

My craft pulled forward everytime I conjured up a thought So I reached for every one Hundreds I had caught!

I made my way towards the peach But my boat was starting to sink It was so full of other thoughts That I was forced to think

I picked the ideas I needed most The ones that I liked best And carted over the side of the ship All of the useless rest

Welcoming the peach with happiness Into my outstretched arms I realised with determination The storm always calms

Now I had the troublesome peach Creative juices could flow Filling up my little inkwell With the ramblings of a sparrow.

I.Sparrow

(crazy surreal adventure into the mind of a writer who is clearly borderline insane)

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