This Torrent                   This torrent unleashed, can I control it?                 harness its fury? capture its essence?                     preserve its raw power?           held back for so long behind the dam I built               held in the reservoir of my soul for a lifetime                   building in intensity       now emotions and thoughts flood through the dam            nothing left to hold them back                they take the form of words                     lines of poems rushing by              I attempt to write them down                   capture their turbulent beauty                         yet they come so fast, in such abundance                               overwhelming me                         I try to remember what went by                               recall it to my pen and paper                      but it becomes a jumble of words filling my mind                             pushing everything else out                        was there something else I was supposed to do?                               nothing else comes to mind                          besides this damn torrent of words                                telling of my love and dreams                                      my hopes and fears, my grief and pain                              do I immerse myself in the torrent?                                     surrender to these words?                                           my soul cries �yes�                                      yet I fear that course of action                                           what if the torrent overpowers me?                                                will I drown in these rushing waters?                                                      destroyed by these words of mine?                                                do I rebuild the dam?                                                      cutting off the flow of words                                                             springing forth from my soul                                                      my mind screams �no�                                                            so I must live with this flood                                                                  writing down what I can                                                                        letting the rest wash over me                                                           hopefully I will learn how to thrive                                                                  amidst this raging torrent of words                                                                   Copyright � Shadowy Poet 2000                                                                                     Main Page

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