IF ONLY I COULD WRITE LIKE A CHILD

If only I could write like a child,
freely, unfettered,
unabashed by shame
and society's judgement
at my inadequacy
at my naiveity
at my unsophisticated
hopes and desires
for love
and stability
and carnal desires too;
then I could write of love,
and express it truly.

Copyright ©2012 Ashi Shadow - 01/7/2012 inspired by a comment on a Pablo Neruda poem which said something like "If only I could write like a child, because poetry is like a child's writing."