SELF-INDUCED LABOR
1989 by Angela E. White
"Where does this compulsion to write come from?"
asked the novice of the mentor.
The urge comes from within, giving birth to a labor of love.
Words are delivered to a sterile paper sheet;
A thought that was nurtured like an embryo of joy.
Spontaneous phrases disciplined like a recalcitrant child.
Flowing images and scenarios that warm the awed parent.
At times the words balk determinedly
At the ink that feeds them.
Only to emerge enthusiastically
To nourish and relieve the uninspired starvation.
This progeny grows up big and strong.
Demanding independence from the binding apron strings.
This product of love ventures out
Alone.
While the worried and concerned parent
Watches with pride.
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