by Charles Bukowski
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
......
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
.....
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
.....
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
Reposting From Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way, the line, the way by Charles Bukowski (Source: Poets.org)
Found that poem through YT. It was inspiring! Hope it helps! These lines made me pause and think. They remind us that real creativity comes from a deep, genuine place. Bukowski urges us not to force it but to wait until we truly feel it. It’s a simple yet powerful!
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