Emotions on Paper - Chapter 1

How can I put my thoughts into words?

Each time that I try, they escape me so.

My pen in hand, feelings soar within

But as far as my mind, they will go.

I scribble some things, but none make sense,

All I can see are swirls and shapes.

And pictures within an unseen fence

None of these pictures long to escape.

Nothing comes to mind for my feelings

Not in the form of sentence or word

So I let my pencil take over

To venture in concepts unexplored.

After hours of dotting and lines

My project is finally complete

And with a sigh, I sit back again

I glance at the sheet and its markings

And laugh - there was no ink in my pen.