Poem 20: Long Delay

It’s been over two months since I last published a poem

The last time was Easter Sunday to let all be known

I guess I approached this venture as a daily challenge just for me

Never realizing how much of a burden it would turn out to be

You see I began with great expectations and full of optimism from the start

Then as time proceeded, the enthusiasm just seemed to fall apart

It soon became a chore with a deadline I had to reach each and every day

Instead the writing of these poems just seemed to get in my way

I kept up the pace for a daily poem for nineteen days in a row

Since April twenty first I haven’t produced a work that was suitable to show

I thought I could remain topical and continue putting things to rhyme

It just seemed to get too consuming taking up most of my time

Once I decided to take the break, I have had a hard time trying to get back in my groove

I thought I could come up with something every day that everyone reading could approve

People suggested I go into my archives and take an old poem out to use

It just didn’t seem right to me, I wanted to keep up with the current news

Now that I have picked up the pen and decided to write again

I hope to write more of these poems instead of choosing to abstain

I will not be writing every day as was my previous goal

Perhaps it will be weekly, something more in my control

For the few followers that I have, I apologize for the long delay

Hopefully I can find something of interest to you along the way

So in another seven days if I do succeed

I will have another entry that will be enjoyable for you to read