The best time to write, I find, is the middle of the night,
Of course the writer needs good light,
And hopefully, as well, good eyesight,
Of all these, I find, for me, I might…
So, to write of ones dreams,
The kind that provoke screams,
Writing, it seems, for the most part, is in the gene’s,
No, not the kind we wear, those being blue jeans,
I am speaking of the biological genes,
They are the part I do herein mean…
Now where was I, damn I lost my thought train,
Ah well, to further expand on the subject at hand,
Without the original thought, lost as it were,
I am unable to of whatever I was discussing, expand,
So here I will leave you, if there is any argument,
Just, if you will be so kind, speak to the hand.
© -ed- 11/22/19
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George
Unlike you. I can't sit up in bed without help and I certainly can't write "off hand" (a cool reference in your poem) thoughts in the middle of the night. When I get a poem in my head like the other night while half sleeping, dreaming, it can be perfected with many verses beautifully rhymed. But in the morning by the time I've had breakfast and get to where I can put the poem down in electronic form (to hell with paper when I can speak it much faster with almost perfect spelling and a few wrong words thrown in). Unfortunately, as I have found out several times, writing the actual poem/story that I dreamed is much harder, filling in the spaces my wonderful dream omitted. So, it doesn't really matter whether you get up and jot it down right away or think about it a lot and then finally get it down where you can publish/post it, it really becomes two different things. Easy to lose our train of thought.
Keep pushing the buttons. You might strike the jackpot!
Ron
Regis. 🍁🌈🐕🐦✌
Sandie :)
Everyone who writes have a favorite time to write down their thoughts.
AS for me I am always writing stuff down, from my wee hours dream to driving, especially on my way to work.
I am always gazing around, looking for ideas.
Love ya!
Jane