in which I try to write a poem without stopping to correct anything until it is done.

 

I have

forgotten how to write poetry

I wish I could just

open my mind and write something

with wild abandon

like I did as a young girl

not caring 

if anyone read it

or liked it

or it moved anyone

or stayed in someone's heart.

I think too much about

symbolism 

alliteration 

and lack of punctuation

But sometimes

I can still write.