To Write Or Not To Write? Poem by Denis Martindale

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Without the coffee here within,
My eyelids would descend,
And pretty soon, I would give in,
And go to bed, my friend.
But should a dream then come to mind,
Must I then write it down?
Or seek another dream to find,
No thought to fret or frown?
Computer left on, no excuse,
No power cut at all,
Just walk downstairs if I should choose,
Or leave my bed and crawl.
When things are great, the poems flow,
The text arrives on time,
When things aren't great, the thoughts are slow,
And not quite thought sublime.
The typos turn up now and then,
The grammar's up the creek,
The punctuation's gone again,
The editing's turned weak.
So pardon me, if I should rest,
And take a time-out, too,
Until I wake refreshed and blessed,
To bless me, then bless you!


Denis Martindale. October 2021.