"Moment of Clarity"

[Tool_3rd_Eye]

Occasionally, I do 3-minute writing exercises and just keep the pen on the paper without stopping…letting the unconscious mind speak. Usually, it comes out as scattered thoughts and not very cohesive. However, this is one I did recently that maintained theme and had a nice flow:

Sometimes I wonder what I’m wondering about.
I have been swimming and swimming
through shades of grey for far too long.
A moment of clarity and a scene of beauty
are longed for like morality to the depraved.
I stare at the sky and its magnificent colors
and I remember the blandness of my own waters.
I reach my hand into the warmth of my bath
and I stir the pool until the shades become one.
Slowly, I begin to pour the sky into my ocean
and the colors bring life to the coldness of my grey.
I wear my new-found beauty with the same
innocence of a child who meets sin.
I am the one who made this piece of art
and now I can bathe in it until I wonder no more.

[The_Underground_Man]

I like this piece, thanks for sharing it. This is my favorite part:

“I reach my hand into the warmth of my bath
and I stir the pool until the shades become one.
Slowly, I begin to pour the sky into my ocean”

I have two comments though. First, “like morality to the depraved” – I strongly disagree to this, perhaps the best voice against the notion would be Mersault’s from Camus’ The Stranger. Second, you may want to try changing “coldness of my grey” to “grey coldness.” (But that’s just my opinion).

[someoneisatthedoor]

Freewriting like this can be a brilliant way to just throw words and ideas together and produce something to reflect upon and develop. I never suffer from writers block (literally never, just look at my post count) but this has been suggested to me as a method of getting over such problems…

You should consider entering the writing competition that I’m a matter of minutes away from officially announcing…