You reach a point

You reach a point when your mind

goes blank like a blackboard that's

been erased, only chalk dust clinging

to the board but no words

and you stare into the blankness

wondering where the words went

and if they'll ever  appear again, 

and suddenly a word--

or the shadow of a word -- 

appears, just a glimmer,

but you see it 

and grab hold,

and suddenly it's like pulling open

a flood gate you didn't even know

was there, and the words come

spilling onto the page again

splashing and splattering the page,

filling the page with words that only

moments ago were hidden, invisible,

nowhere to be found.