There is no attempt to perform
And no attempt to impress
I just allow my emotions to flow
Like blood onto the paper
I cling to my thoughts
And let my words flow true
Out through the ink
I hold the poems to my heart
The words that I love so deeply
They help me say what my voice cannot
My words of ink and blood and paper
They are what greets the world
And tells it what I feel and what I think
And tells it why I am what I am
And how I came to this place
I only wish to share myself
To let people feel with me
So in the ink and blood and paper
I bare my already naked soul
My words I love so deeply
They are my connection to the world
But what were to happen
If my words were not allowed
If one told me to abandon them
And return to the simple explanations
I would deny them that request
And refuse what they demand
These words so close to my heart
They are part of me and my soul
Without my pretty words
And without my flowing tongue
Without my ink and blood and paper
I would be an empty shell or worse
A mad woman who could not speak
Without my words of emotion and feeling
I would be empty and cold
So I will cling to the words
Clutch them to my heart
And I will love them completely
With my ink, my blood, my paper







