"Write what you know"

But I do not write of what I know.
I write to find what is unknown,

linger like timid children creeping
from the forest of their familiars

peering at such a wide,wide clearing
no trees in view on the other side

afraid to sleep into sparkle of light
instead they skirt the edge of woods

darkness on left,dazzle of unknown
on their right ---- terrifying,pulling them.

new songs they hum in rhythm with step
begin to fill with wonder words.

what they know grows grand as sky,
just as blue just out of reach.


by Hendra Gtg
Department of English
DU.