Friday, March 6, 2009

Willing victim (free verse)

I am

captured,

but willingly.

Gleefully.

Sisters pull me under

and whisper

Stories.

Garbled

watery

but enchanting.

I scribble it all down.

The sisters

Demand.

Don’t surface.

Don’t sleep.

Don’t eat.

Just write.

But I must emerge.

Family

and paycheck

demand.

I pull myself out.

Reality is cold

muddy

unpleasant.

The sisters cry…

come back

it’s warm here.

we might fade.

we might forget.

But it’s dinnertime.

I close my door

And hope

they can wait.

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