Listen
I have something to say
Sometimes the words are easy
I don’t have to drag them out
Today
The words are hiding
Refusing to come into the light
Empty pages stare blankly
The words just won’t come
The voices inside whisper
No one’s listening anyway
Even though
I write
(Now read from the bottom up)
This is my first attempt at a palindrome (reverse) poem. Palindrome poems are meant to be read all the way through, then read line by line in reverse, starting from the bottom. I wrote this in less than 10 minutes after struggling for over an hour to hammer out a paltry 260 words on my novel in progress. Moral of the story? Sometimes you just need to listen to your inner voice and write something, even if it’s not the thing you think you need to write.
Amy Bellamy, Author 