Writing For Me

Writing for me is like searching for, finding and then excavating some artifact, fossil or other buried treasure.

An idea or thought is a map where X marks the spot.

The more ideas you have, or rather thoughts you capture,
The more Xs you’ll have to find
(And you have to:
Your life depends on it).

The more you explore the terrain in search of the Xs,
The more you see, and the better you get at finding them in the trenches.

The more you dig up, the better you get
At knowing what you have before your eyes can confirm
Or your hands brush away the dirt and the worms.

The more you find and see, the more find you, you see.

There are treasures out there buried now and long ago,
And as I find them, I let the world know.

“It belongs in a museum!”
“So do you!”

I love to see them but I’d rather be them
For the future to see
I lived in this world, and this was me.