Stories that waited for paper now wait for me.
With so much to say, I search for a worthy beginning. Thoughts that swirled and drifted through dreams, now hide just out of reach.
Inside this barn, I am filled with something greater. I am filled with possible.
Through the windowpane, I gaze into a towering matt of dark green leaves. Trees inspire and shade and watch over me, the same trees that watched him too.
My thoughts are safe inside this space. I am free to explore, free to wonder and wander. The air is full of potential.
A ray of sunshine splits the canopy and brightens my writing table.
Dust motes dance.
In the distance, a train rumbles, then and now.
He said there is nothing to writing. Just sit down at the typewriter and bleed.
And so I bleed.
talya
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Hemingway’s Barn won 2nd place in the 2013 White County Creative Writer’s competition for the category “Favorite Writing Place”.
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Joyce Lansky says
December 26, 2013 at 7:31 amDo you need a bandaid?
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Talya Tate Boerner says
December 26, 2013 at 2:41 pmProbably:))
Colene says
December 27, 2013 at 8:06 amWOW!
Mary @Capturing Magical Memories says
December 30, 2013 at 4:58 amWhat a great quote. I could also see this barn as such a place for inspiration. Thank you from sharing and joining the Sweet Tea Social.