PICK UP THE PEN (POEM) By Lesley Chimezie Nwankwo

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Pick up the pen, put it to paper. 

Do it now, why wait until later?

I’m void 

Searching for words to fill empty thoughts.

Silence

I listen to the moon, waiting for answers. 

Maybe sometime soon. 

I listen to my heart beat in inconsonant rhythm. 

I listen to the wind, searching for what is missing.

It blows me off track

I ignore the dirt on the path, as I trace my way back.

Pick up the pen, put it to paper

Do it now. Why wait until later?

Looking for inspiration to string together these words and letters.

I hear the rain but I sit and complain 

Rather than listen to the music it makes. 

I ignore the flowers and the stories they tell

Hoping my story somehow will complete itself.

If only I listened closer to my heart beat

And appreciate the rhythms and melody.

If I could breathe again, I could hear my thoughts speak.

And it would make sense.

Now I listen to the flowers, the dirt, the sky and the rocks

And hear them speak volumes through their silence.

Then once again I pick up my pen

For in the beauty of nature, stories know no end. 

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