I GET THIS IDEA: A Poem About A Passion For Writing

I spend hours

      Just sitting in my room

      Writing down ideas

      Watching them bloom.

I get this idea

      And it seems so right

      Sometimes I'm tired

      So I put up a fight

      Cuz I get this idea

      And I could write all night.

I can't stop until

      My ideas are all gone

      Then I fall asleep

      Until dawn

      When I awake

      I remember

      My ideas are on paper

      Some are so clever, and

      They're mine to keep forever.

There is so much I want to tell you

      Important things I'm compelled to say

      I write them down on paper

      So I can tell you some day.

When something is on your mind

      And you need to set it free

      Just write it down on paper

      You'll feel better, you'll see.

It gives me such a good feeling

      To express myself this way

      When I am in the mood

      I could write all day.

I get this idea

      And off I go

      Writing, writing

      And I can't go slow.

I spend so many hours

      Just sitting in my room

      Writing down ideas

      And watching them bloom.

I wrote this poem on August 6, 1987, before I owned a computer :) OMG, almost 25 years ago!  Hmmmm . . . things have changed since then but I still keep a pen and paper on my night stand :) sms