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Ghost Writer


From where do you come
All of you
Wake me up in the middle
Of the night
Slap me upside my head
Pay attention - NOW!
Stay with me inside
My eyes
And mind
Until I can no longer wait
To get them out
Words?

From what unknown source
Tumbles
Words and phrases
Rhythms and rhymes
Coming so fast at times
I can barely keep up
When
I could swear
On any stack of Bibles
You choose to put before me
Some unseen hand
Takes hold of my own
And my pen
Guiding me with urgency
And the thought
THIS is the way
It should be written?

Oh, and the message
So much more poignant
Than my own simple times
Of sitting poised
Before blank paper or screen
Picking a subject
Creating verse by force of will
Only
Until...
I am humbled by gratitude
And awe
At the sheer beauty and intensity
Of it all.

Yet I wonder...

Would it matter if
The answers were revealed
Or would it be
As always
Never so much about the journey
Of the messenger
Than about
The gift
Of
The message?



Pat Reeves
(c) November 17, 2002

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