Do Writers Procrastinate by Christina

Do All Writers Procrastinate?

I ponder now this question

and wonder is it true -

Do all writers procrastinate

or is just a few?

Are there others out there like me

who often put off today

Things to be done "tomorrow"

that we could've yesterday?

Do they too have "mental trays"

of all that must be done,

Only to shift them round again

to get out of doing one?

Putting off for a moment

with a promise to return

But do they also make an excuse

and once again they spurn?

Is it because there are things

to which our souls relate,

Through the freedom of expression

and poetry* we create

Is it because we're writers

and not through any plan

That we see things differently

that others don't understand

I know I have a list of things

both mentally and written

Of things I know that I should do

but my writing has me smitten

I'd rather be here penning thoughts

through words I can express

How things in life make me feel;

it's like therapy, I guess.

For it's here we find a comfort

not in daily chores

But through the things by which we learn

through words we can explore -

Does it make us lazy,

passive or careless?

No, we just see and think differently

I believe that says it best.

So I ponder now the question

do we procrastinate?

Who cares when we are writing -

it'll get done someday!

© Christina

7th May 2009

* Poetry meaning an expression of words in any form - ie. poetry in motion