THIS IS KIND OF A PEP TALK TO MYSELF THAT MAY WORK FOR OTHERS TOO OFCOURSE...I HAVE WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF POEMS OVER THE YEARS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I RARELY REWRITE ANYTHING UNLESS I FIND A TYPO OR SOMETIMES A LINE POPS INTO MY HEAD THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER WITH THE FLOW OF THE POEM BUT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT IS WHAT IT IS AS IT COMES TO ME...IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE AUTOMATIC WRITING LIKE I HAVE TO WRITE IT FAST OR I LOSE IT...THEY COME AT ANY TIME AND I NEED TO BE READY FOR THEM OR THEY ARE LOST FOREVER...ANYWAY RECENTLY I WROTE A POEM CALLED THE ESSENCE OF INNOCENCE AND THAT POEM JUST FELT REALLY SPECIAL TO ME...I USUALLY SHOW NO FAVORITISM BUT THAT ONE WAS JUST SPECIAL TO ME AND AFTER I WROTE IT I TOOK AWHILE BEFORE I WROTE ANYTHING ELSE CUZ I FELT LIKE NOTHING ELSE COULD LIVE UP TO THAT ONE...SO TRYING TO GET OVER THAT NONSENSE...THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND I NEED TO JUST LET THEM DO IT...
