I offer my sacrifice.

A few words, written on
the spur of
the moment,

or pondered for days
on end.

Rhyming verses,
silent curses,
what's much worse is....

blank

verse

stanzas

toiled over,
re-worked,

waking in the night
to write another thought
however trivial.

I offer my sacrifice.

Oh, you gods of Writewords,
take me as I am,
poet inferior,
ego superior,
motives ulterior,

just take me!

I offer my sacrifice.