Dry Spell

[Twota]

My fingers tick slowly
on a paper like a pianist,
my other hand carries a pen,
I aim it's nib hesitantly
at the first line of the page,
my eyes focus on the white
searching for the rainbow within,
I try to force inspiration into
my withered thirsty brain, but
I get no words out in return,
the white magnetizes the black
and the pen spits an ink drop,
I see a small dark invasion
like a flood on a cellular scale,
the flow stops in two seconds
and leaves a big circular spot,
I look at my only outcome,
drop my pen and call it a day,
for now I am sure that today-
all I can write is full stops.

[everyadventure]

Outta the park! Nicely done. Especially liked the imagery of the spitting pen!

[Delta40]

The use of the pen and full stops was great Twota.

[Buh4Bee]

Wow! I can so relate to this one. Good read as well.

[ucello]

I sympathize. But, what a great story about a full stop. Well thought and done (in these times no one loves fountain pens anymore...)

[tailor STATELY]

Agree with the above. Well done.

Hadn't thought of using a fountain pen to write. More often than not I use the æther as my canvas; using foolscap as a scribble pad for my Parker ball-pen.

One could always perform a Rorschach exercise and wax introspective with a fountain pen though. Food for thought.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Twota]

Yay! Thanks all for your comments. :D

Glad you like it, and I always write with a fountain pen actually, and LOL tailor I always perform Rorschach test. :D