Unintentional Success

Unintentional Success

Original Poem Written 

 By Janelle Spiers  

Dedicated to Lauren Spiers

I'm trying to write a poem,

But I don't know what to say.

I thought it ought to be profound,

Someone lost has now been found,

Or maybe something really sweet;

In a blissful glen two lovers meet.

Perhaps I'd write about a fight,

With bloodshed in the dark of night.

Or, I could write about a fawn,

A little doe out on the lawn.

But that wouldn't work, no indeed,

'Cause I can't find the words I need.

I wish there were a simpler route

To make my brain know what to say.

I'm so indebted to the guy

Who decided, by and by,

To make a button called, 'delete'

So I can have a new blank sheet.

Where are all the words inside

This funny little head of mine?

Where are all the useful rhymes?

They come and go at random times!

I don' know just what to say,

but, I'll keep trying, every day.

Yes, someday, I will write a poem,

Someday, I'll know what to say!

I'll write about a valiant knight

Who saves his damsel dressed in white.

Or a touching sonnet about love

The gentle beauty from above. 

I'm trying to write a poem, 

Though I don't know what to say. 

I'm wracking my brain,

And it is such a pain,

I'm trying to write a ... hey!

I think I wrote a poem anyway.