Ultimatum

narrative verse

 

 

Ultimatum

 

Above, below to left or right.

There is no where that I can hide,

 my muse finds me and makes me write.

My wants must go unsatisfied

 

She interrupts my sleep and meals

 insists that I take up my pen.

She has no idea how it feels

 to be forced to write again.

 

She wakes from my peaceful dreams

 and asks me why I’m wasting time.

She has a whole new list of themes

 for me to translate into rhyme.

 

I think she has insomnia

 Or else prefers to work at night.

She’ll really have to learn I fear

I am entitled not to write.

 

I need to sleep, I need to eat

I need some time to call my own.

But she refuses to retreat

She thinks she occupies a throne.

 

And her commands I must obey

 immediately without protest.

Ignoring every word I say

 convinced that only she knows best.

 

I dig my toes in and refuse

sometimes a man must make a stand.

I only have a muse to lose

At last she seems to understand.

 

That I’m not at her beck and call

I have other things I must do.

Her attitude won’t do at all’

It’s something that she must review.

 

I only write when I want to,

 not when muse decides I should.

Renewal of her contracts due

 That fact alone should give her food

 

 for thought. I may decide not to renew.

If she wants to retain her place

She will do as I tell her to

accept my bidding with good grace.

 

There are some muses unemployed

Seeking for opportunities

who would be simply overjoyed

to get the chance to work with me.

 

She really has to realise

 There’s limits to my patience

which she far too often tries.

 The time has come to show some sense.

 

I am in charge and not my muse.

 Although she thinks that she should be

I’ve had enough of her abuse

She either leaves or obeys me.

 

2-Aug-08

 

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Reviews

[Carmen]

There is some major editing that needs to be done here... for example "I dig my toes in and refuse
sometimes a man must make a stand." That just runs on and needs to be separated somehow... there are more... Mainly I see line breaks in the wrong places and punctuation (which isn't that important unless you have already set a precedent which you have) I think the muse was tired or something, lol. As for the subject it is certainly one I can understand. Sometimes you just want to relax- watch a movie, take a shower, hang with friends, etc and there is this gnawing feeling that you must jump up and go write... that one thing... before it leaves.

[TL Boehm]

love this. My muse is often ornery and usually sulking somewhere out of reach - but I understand the mindset - the constant draw of writing. Well done.

[Ray Hamilton]

I see by this long write you have her under control LOL -------------- or maybe she has you under her thumb?
I enjoyed this thanks
Ray