Tis hard work … something compels
Driven within … delightful anguish
We compose … excruciating wonderment
Carefully chosen … caution forlorn

Souls revealed … in abject manner
We continue … fearless in fright
In silence … we cry out
With hope … in despair

Taken to heart … or broken dismay
Devoured … giving, taking
Such is life … a writer’s lot
Tis hard work, writing

~D