Write Now! Poem by Denis Martindale

I need no challenge to be set
For brand new poetry,
I need no wager or some bet
For creativity...
Nor does God press my very soul
With prophecies or more,
Nor do I lack the self-control
Some anger to explore...

If love compels my heart to stir,
From loves that once I knew,
From all the daydreams that occur
And kisses oh so few...
I merely write as time allows,
Amid life's busy whirl,
With any talents God endows
Regardless of some girl...

And sceneries don't captivate
These eyes that saw so much,
Nor can some heartache stimulate
A lonesome poet's touch...
I merely write to test my art,
Can it outlast the years?
Can it express beyond my heart,
My blood, my sweat, my tears?

If so, then poems will abound,
No matter where I am
And when my poems have been found,
Do others give a damn?
If yes, then good reports respond,
Like ripples on the lake,
Like little bubbles on a pond,
With patterns that they make...

Yet God alone is uppermost,
What feedback would He give?
While poets have small thoughts to boast,
He still grants each to live...
So that's why poets choose to write,
Write now, if needs must be,
To capture any new insight
To bless humanity...


Denis Martindale,7th February 2016.