I am certainly smarter than myself
for I have observed what I’ve just written
and know better:
Oh – foolish, naive, pen-in-hand scribbler self!
I would abruptly abridge myself
if I did not so often catch myself by surprise.
Just when I think I’ve pinned myself down,
I sprout wings and flutter out of reach.
Copyright 2011 by Michael Marsters.
All rights reserved.
Michael S Marsters 
I love this. It has such a lightness of touch, but perfectly expresses how we can surprise ourselves. Who knows what the pen or keyboard will produce? The last line is perfect. I tweeted this poem.
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I’m glad 🙂
It’s a personal piece so I wondered how relatable it would be…
Thanks much for the tweet 🙂
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A poem which made me smile out loud.
I just love those last two lines.
Probably because I so recognise the feeling 🙂
David
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Thank you, David 🙂
Would love to hear that smile…
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Hi Michael–love your poem–I wrote one quite a few years back that I titled “Close Cover Before Striking”, that I posted on my http://sylviamorice.blogspot.com (Feb 26, 2011) and I used the image of a ‘moth drawn to a fiery death’….very different poems but similar, I think, in self-reflection.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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Some similarities between those possibly…
Thank you for dropping by 🙂
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Found this post through Becoming Herself and enjoyed it very much. I too love the last two lines. I think they speak of what true freedom is.
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Thank you for your thoughts 🙂
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Love each line, especially, the last two, Michael! A mirror to my thoughts each time one of my haiku, haibun or any other poem ‘writes itself’ as if I wasn’t it! Yes, I did ‘congratulate the’haibun’ for its ‘writing prowess’…Thanks hugely!
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Much thanks 🙂
Funny how the mind can work…
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