A Kind of Writer

[ChristChild]

A Kind of Writer


I write of the new worlds
That fill up my daydreams
I weave stories from my
Imagination's thread


I seek to bring your mind
To a fantastic place
I desire to pull you
Down the road untraveled


I write the essence of
Intriguing characters
I make them feel real as
They tug at your heart strings


A novel releases
A fresh world of wonder
As the chapters unfold
And the story deepens


There within the drama
Are truths manifesting
They speak to the spirit
And stir the conscience


I now pray to the Lord
His guidance continues
As I write the words that
Prompt inner dialogue


Now, who am I, you ask?
A struggling author
But truly I am this--
A parable writer

Copyright(c)2007, D. Shane Burton

[lynnmosher]

Shane, Another great poem. I love your thinking!

[Goth Ink]

i see in this poem a perfect expression of things i have tried my whole life to explain. i can hear in this poem the reasons i write, the "why?" of being a writer. thank you.

[ChristChild]

Thanks to you both. That is what the poem was meant to express--the reasons behind my writing, and hopefully others' writing as well.

Shane