Hiatus

I know why I'm not able to write like before
there's a wordless space between my ribs
where monstrous angst used to gnaw away
it was so real then that it broke into sounds
the wounds are sealed in hard blood now
melding what refused to be held together
until a strange silence blew over them

it ain't easy tuning in
to the frequency of silence
no matter how it coddles you
let alone beading strands of words
that sound like silence

right back up

water it

water it down

like suzy

easy suzy

ha!

no pink shells

a little less cracker

just some flow

a little sparkle

at the edges

no glitter

just some flow

nothin' to rave 'bout
just there

o man!
can't even see 'em now

gotta dive down

grope the seabed

bring it up

wring it up

woo hoo!
bring it up
n' wring it up
now! now!!

writer's block

like the waves

it comes surging from afar

rising to the skies

hurling itself into a snakehead

pouncing on the moment

foaming deceptively

mixing in with the hackneyed
guilefully

water and sand

sea and shore

pristine

then slowly retracts

leaving behind imprints

and washing ‘em out

over and over again