Inkblood-

This poem is from my book Silent and Still it's on my website www.janiepoetry.com

Inkblood-

Poetry runs in my heart

Inkblood runs in my veins

Sometimes it's a burden

Sometimes it's a gift

It's always with me

An extended part of me

I hear a story, or have a bad day

If I feel loved or experience sorrow

Even joyous laughter

I search for pen and paper

It's spilling out of me

Sometimes I am awakened by the poetry in my heart

I write it down

I read it

I breathe it

I am consumed by it

Poetry runs in my heart

Inkblood runs in my veins

My characters are real to me, in my place of imagination

I see them, like a movie in my head

Nothing can stop it

It's forever a part of me

For poetry runs in my heart and

Inkblood runs in my veins

-Janie