You need to sit listening to the silence,
staring at the blank page,
waiting for words to come,
for letters to form beneath your pen.
You need to be patient,
to stop rushing,
to stop forcing the pen to write
what it's not yet ready to write.
You need to sit in silence,
listening to the silence,
letting the silence wash over you.
You need to embrace the silence,
welcome it,
accept it,
understand that all
you're able to hear today
is silence,
and that's ok
You need to know
writing doesn't come
with any guarantees.
You need to know
words are shy,
often fickle,
afraid of committing themselves
to paper.
You need to know
it's not a sin
to leave the page blank,
to sit in silence,
to listen to silence,
to rise in silence ...
without writing a word.
On days like this
you need to have faith
the words will come
and the ink will flow
and your hand will move again
and you'll hear a voice in the silence --
just not today.
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