Write
Write when the pen does not allow
Write
When the joints refuse and no one believes
Write
Write when words cannot come
Write
Write when man vanishes with your words in the last watch of the day
Write
When a man named Judas wickedly kisses you on the cheek
Write
Write when she packs her bags when you thought she would stay
Write
When the system does not allow you
Write
When wind blows your papers and blots the ink on your words
Write
When others paint red marks against the curves of your words
Write
When the engine of thought will not start and the letters do not come
Write
When the publisher has moved addresses
Write
Write when no one wants to exchange currency for your words
Write
When your wings are plucked and your voice is stolen
Write
Write even when your strength fails you and you cannot go on
Write
Even when you have to call your voice from the pit
Write.

*Originally published in Lindiwe: The Voice Amongst the Eagles-The first work of Poetry.