Daily Writing Practice

My mind is in emotional turmoil, my creative juices do not flow

I’ve stared at the blank sheet of paper for an hour with nothing to show

For trying to be present for my daily practice of writing

Not just writer’s block but an unquiet mind I am fighting

Exasperated and discouraged, from my desk I rise

It appears futile to persist in this exercise

I need to calm my mind, perhaps meditate

And come back to writing in a calmer state..

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But I had promised to show up for my creativity, I would hate

To let myself down, to use as an excuse my distraught state

So I decide to describe exactly how I feel

And as more of my dilemma I reveal

Words come to me almost on their own

Before I realize, the verse I am writing has grown

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I had pledged to exercise my creativity every day

And this was the impetus I needed to drive negativity away

I feel accomplished, and less perturbed as well

When I write, on my depressing thoughts I cannot dwell

And that may be why I shall try to never miss

My daily writing practice- it can turn vexation into calm, and joy into bliss