Living The Dream? – #NaPoWriMo20 – Day 26

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Hiya!

The prompt for today asked me to fill in a long questionnaire and then to use the results as the basis of a poem. Again, that is very time consuming, so I picked the question that appealed to me – “childhood dream”:

 

I want to be a writer, mum!

To explore ALL my head.

I want to be a writer, mum!

To gift words, when I’m dead.

 

I want to be a writer, mum!

To stay up late and type,

Others to enjoy what I’ve done

To earn my wordsmith stripes.

 

I want to be a writer, mum

I’ll practice every day!

(Please can I now stop going to school,

And in my bedroom stay?)

 

I want to be a writer, mum!

I’ll need some paper, pens,

Windows for inspiration – and

Less contact with my friends.

 

I want to be a writer, mum.

Please help me to stay strong

When publishers reject me, and

My scansion sounds all wrong.

 

I want to be a writer! MUM!

I promise I won’t drink

Or get tangled in seedy things!

I’ll sit at home, and think.

 

I want to be a writer, mum!

Don’t LET me get a job,

That would be so boring – and

Just bring on writer’s block!

 

I want to be a writer, mum,

And remain on this cloud.

 

I want to be a writer, mum!

And stand out from the crowd!

 

Why am I not a writer, mum?

I forgot who I was –

Somehow, ‘midst all the ‘adulting’,

Stopped championing the cause.

 

And here I am: un-famous

With a blog that few frequent,

Because I don’t promote myself

Or have trust in my bent.

 

I’m failing at this writing, mum 🙁

But thank you for your faith

That I can be ‘most anything

If I my time don’t waste…   xxx

 

*Sigh*

 

Well, that was a bit of a sobering poem that came out! Rhymed too, like my early stuff always did.

*Double sigh*

Anyway...

 

Big hugs, stay safe, and oooooooonwaaaaards to Day 27!

 

Monty X

 

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