Taking A Sabbatical

Having invested way too much time,

But gotten very little in return.

The unwritten pages of my work,

I have decided to burn.

Much ink was to be used,

Many more words were to be typed.

But I cannot help but think, though I may be wrong,

That writing is hopelessly over-hyped.

Poets and authors are no exception,

We all have to earn a living,

A hyper-competitive world awaits us,

Which is sadly unforgiving.

It is very easy to say,

That the pen is mightier than the sword,

But we have to provide a roof over our head and food on our plate,

Not everyone can bill by the word.

And yet I reserve to myself the right,

To take back my words as and when I may,

You can call me a hypocrite,

But people will say what they want as they always say.

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes...including you." - Anne Lamott