Read and Write - A Poem

I'm on vacation, and completely out of the schedule of writing and doing things on time, so I'm going to share a bit of writing I did a year or so back.

Read and Write

I read and write to to draw out my emotions. 

If I don’t let them out they make quite a commotion. 

I delve into a book or blank piece of paper, 

And find that I’m usually happy and safe there

occasionally a flood of memory, dreams or hope comes

and then a flood of water spills over and down it runs, 

All over my heart and my book or pen

But it might not be sadness, it just all depends 

on what I was writing or reading or thinking 

either way it was good for my soul to be drinking. 

These are the times that fill me up to the top

and prepare me for the moments when I let everything drop. 

It’s a cycle that I really need

And that is why I write and read! 

What do you do when you need time to clear you head? Do you walk, tinker, clean, exercise? 

Sarah