Working on Poetry

Many deadlines are coming up for poetry contests.

Always a challenging creative time.

(Photo of a bunny on our back lawn nibbling his dinner. )

INNER VOICES

Unseen and uninvited,

they continue to visit.

Shouting their unwanted messages:

You can’t do that! You're not a poet.

I try to stop them,

but I don’t know who they are.

Invisible enemies, not my friends

though sometimes their voices are familiar.

Pressuring me to think this or that,

become someone different

than I know I can be.

Quieting those voices

brings inner peace as the

voice of the Spirit quietly whispers

love and acceptance by my Father.