THE WRITING
by Ray O'Bannon


have to keep writing
mustn't stop
must never stop
just need to focus
on the page
and the letters
and the words

but I can sense it
waiting there behind me
needing only my attention
to give it form

and I hear them
swirling 'round above me
as I form the letters
and write the words

I can feel them
as they wait impatiently
beneath the floor
and in the corners

so I need to focus
on the letters
and the words
and I mustn't look away
must never look away
or it might see me