So, I Don't Want To Write

When thoughts overflow

I wish to put them in words

But the words on my mind are ineffable

So, I don’t want to write.

When feelings are mingled

I wish to give them a place in my diary

But can’t comprehend those emotions

So, I don’t want to write.

When dreams shatter

I wish to pen them to find solace

But that would not make my dreams come true

So, I don’t want to write.

When Kith and kin depart

I wish to write in their memory

Writing would not bring back the happy times…

So, I don’t want to write.

When solitude disconcerts me

I wish to beat my loneliness by words

Verses I create are even more depressing

So, I don’t want to write.

When life brings happiness

I wish to share it with all, even I write

But can’t find ultimate satisfaction

So, I don’t want to write.

When pleasures of life unfold

I feel the ecstasy, and the desire to write

Soon sorrows of others hover around my mind

So, I don’t want to write.

When I am close to the serene nature

I wish to write in its praise

Then I am reminded of nature’s catastrophe

So, I don’t want to write.

When I think of my life and deeds

I wish to give them the face of poetry

My poem remains incomplete

So, I don’t want to write.

When my expression remains indefinable

I try to give definition with the ink

But certain things in life are inexpressible

So, I don’t want to write.

When there is anguish in the heart

I wish to bind it in an ode

But then, the despair would always remain

So, I don’t want to write.

When eyes are full of tears

I drop them on paper to leave a mark

But that only crumbles the sheet

So, I don’t want to write.

So, I don’t want to write