Inspiration
By Jason Gilbert
Lately, endless lines travel
from my mind to my hand,
and through a trustworthy pen,
to this book.
People say
that the most inspiration comes
from love and happiness.
For some of us
another source is more prominent.
I read my past works
to find a person so deeply depressed
and alone
that help for his lost heart
seems so farfetched.
The pain in my life is my only inspiration.
Had it been happiness
that withdrew from my soul
enough words to fill a page,
I would be out of luck,
for that emotion is rare of late.
And now...
now my words feel repetitive,
yet powerful as ever.
I suddenly see that my pain
comes continuously from
the same sources of which
I refuse to rid myself of.
And now, more than ever,
I realize just how hard
it is to be this alone,
yet surrounded by so many faces.
Those people who say
the most powerful works
come from a happy writer
have never read
from a truly inspired poet.
