Beth Camp Historical Fiction

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

S is for Someday . . .


I'm meeting my daily commitment to editing. But I can tell when I'm falling behind, for I don't water my African violets, and they're really pretty. Someone once told me that flowers emerge when the plant feels threatened. Maybe that's why they are purple gorgeous. So, do I water the poor little things or write a poem?

Someday 
I won't care to write,
but it's not tonight;
the African violets
will have to wait.
Meanwhile, I will ignore
that high-pitched hum, tinnitis, 
for the humming of this story:
my characters battle enemies 
within and without,
ward off omens, 
ignore the raven's last cry,
sail to new lands, 
and awaken renewed. 

My African violets (Camp 2012)

2 comments:

  1. What lovely violets! And a lovely poem too. My "somedays" include travel and getting back into art.

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  2. Thanks for visiting and writing a comment. My passion is traveling is well. I think all writers have some art within, perhaps that's why we try to paint with words.

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