Hidden gem - AKA surprises to the unorganized

I am not an organized writer.  I'm not necessarily an organized person overall - except when it comes to work - then I'm ridiculously organized.  Go figure.

I am sitting here at my favourite coffee shop intending fully to delve back into the world of my next book 'The Seven Day Bad Date'. I haven't looked at it in months.  As I was scrolling through 'Pages', past work documents (all filed neatly according to show), I found a poem.  It was titled.  There was a date listed below the title, but I was too curious of the contents to make note of it.  I mean, I delve into writing poetry occasionally, but it's not something I concentrate on.  Much like my other writing endeavours, it's either there, or it isn't.  I get things out onto paper and they dissipate in my brain.  Writing is my therapy...


She was turning to stone
Evidenced on her skin
the cool, rough gray hue
long since forgotten the warmth
of a lover's touch

She was turning to stone
Tears dried and absorbed and forgotten
the resigned peace replaced with a resounding
Crack -
Fissure for breath

for now

She was turning to stone
the fluid dance of life slowing
into barely a turn
of wrist and ankle

She was turning to stone
protective cocooning of body
and mind
and heart
and

So when reading this ditty, I had to wonder... did *I* actually write this?  I have no recollection of it, although the feelings are familiar but not one's I dwell on.

I called upon my two trusted creatives-at-arms... we frequently share amongst ourselves...  projects we're working on, ideas, inspirations...  I love these two women - did one of them write it??

Nope.

It was me.

Who knew??

So a couple of points to be made here...

1)  When the feeling strikes, write it down.  Get it out of your head and down onto paper.  It might not be the best writing out there, but, as is shown clearly above, it can get rid of a demon in your head.  Obviously writing that made me feel better - or at least... lighter...

2)  Organize your stuff!  You may find little gems months after you've originally written them!  You may find an incomplete story that sparks your creativity again!  But why go through all of that?  All it takes is a folder labelled.  All it takes is a printer and a folder.  That's all...