the pain of the vacant page                                      stage

for the dance

of my pen

 

the fear of the frozen mind                                        blind

  to the hope

 of a rhyme

 

the silence of an empty house                                spouse

to the song

of my word

 

the hush of unwanted time                                      chime

to the tick

of the clock

 

the void of an absent muse                                       fuse

to the match

of inspiration

 

the lover of my pen's claim                                       flame

who once read

my soul

aloud