"So I didn't"

"So I didn't"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

 For Awhile I was afraid

That I could not stitch two words together

That my sentences would crumble when I write

That the ashes I was tasting were the words in my mouth

II

And  more and more I let that doubt creep there

As I kept misspelling words that I knew

And the words were slowly fading out

Long before I can write them as a whole

III

Then one day in all this madness I said

I am writing for my pleasure

And my audience first and foremost was myself.

So why hesitate? When things go bad

So why hold of? When not all things are at hand.

So I didn't.

Optum, Quezon City. August 17, 2021. 10:38pm Poem 17 of 31.