is this why I don't write on here anymore? maybe.

I can’t
write
poems
as you do.

All I can do
is take a nestful of
words and
put them next to each other
hoping that
they would make
sense
in the end.

You
string words,
form phrases,
like a potter
would add mud
to the pot he is
shaping -
moving his hands,
gliding smoothly
over the soft clay
to make the perfect
shape.

I
open a book
and point my finger to
a word
without looking
and where my finger lands
would be the first
word.
From there
I would start.

If I
were a
potter,
all I would
be able to
create are
shapeless
shapes
which
after baking
would be thrown,
broken,
and
the pieces
would be
left on
the floor

for all eternity.

I can’t write poems as you do.