Writer's Block Poem by Gary Scott Gebert

I stare at the monitor
indecipherable words with no meaning
trying to transmit my feelings
to release my pain

Four days of vacant thoughts
my face covered with a dark shadow
trying to bond inside with out
deleting what they call doggerel

With resolve I reach for you through this partition
can you feel it?
I call for you to answer
can you hear it?

Never mind my coy
for with anonymity I hide from thee
hoping to embrace you with words
through a relationship of deceit

But I cannot express what is there
perhaps with drink it will come
slurred with the influence from others
denoting what I must write

Or with slumber I can dream
verses of love and greatness
relieved of the duty to be honest
for others to look up to as their personal paradigm

Today is not the right time
to allay myself of my responsibilities
for I must punch these keys endlessly
till the verses appear as thoughts of the mortal man