Noticing

‘Write about a woman with strength’ was the homework they pondered and chose

And yet none wrote, save one

They looked at famous women, big lifters, quoted talkers, celebrated hosts

And yet none wrote, save one

They quoted quotes, taken from the internet, tried definitions in different languages

And yet none wrote, save one

They thought, they cogitated, they let ‘the boys in the backroom’ do their stuff

And yet none wrote, save one

They read out what they’d found, shared the mind map of planning all spidery and crammed

And yet none wrote, save one

They discussed what they thought made a woman with strength, her characteristics, her humbleness, her charm

And yet still none wrote, save one

Why did they find it so difficult to put pen to paper, fingers to keys to write a story which would normally flow with ease?

For that, ask not the none wrote, but the save one

I wrote about myself as another might see, picked out my uniqueness, put myself right outside to feel free

Because I am not the none,

I am the only one of me.