Just Write Poem by Andrus Cassian

Just write
a simple statement, two words of encouragement from a queen
to a knight without direction
barely an audible command, more like a kind mediation
before her castle becomes swept with an influx of information
swarming with the usual chaos of days to pass
along with activities too busy to step away
Just write
such a way to say nothing to act as a motivation or driving factor
I'd protest, say in defense it's not that easy
to overcome this drought, to drag out an idea to the surface
kicking and screaming
when it's been buried way to deep
so far deep I'll need a drill to uncover what lies beneath
beneath the music, the anecdotes, the memories, the catch-phrases
Just write
never thought two words could mean so much, too much
too little time
in too little time, what would take maybe weeks, months to take a solid thought to form yet longer for the machines to warm up
get up and running
Now it's in the span of days, a matter of days
Just write
she said without a thought, without a cryptic message behind it
Just write
a throwaway suggestion but it has me wondering her intention
for it's working, it's working well
too well, a tad frightening
All the corners of my past escape the wormhole of my mouth
long forgotten days of youth dredged up in present tense
as if I needed more ammo, more material to try to make gold
though all recent works are barely bronze
Short, simple, sweet but here I feel I'm missing something, incomplete
so I end this here with a question for the queen who left the notion hanging in the air
Just write
Are you really a queen or just the most powerful sorceress to take full control of me
Perhaps it's just ill-advised delirium as the blood drains from the constant papercuts as they etch the final line
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