Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 4 – His Own Longing

It was knowledge he craved

Realising there was so much to absorb

He spent a lifetime chasing it wherever he could.

There was no doubt the longing lived inside him

He tried his hand at so many things

Discovered a love of words and the shapes they might take.

He wanted his words to sing, to play out

So, he wrote for performance

Both musical and play.

Always there was the hunger to go that bit further

But more than once he found his limit reached.

It was then he knew it was time to change tack

Try another approach, find a new audience.

His goal became to engage his readers, titillate them

Have them question their own responses to his words

Could and even would they see the longing within him.

It was never words for the sake of words

When that happened, he admonished himself

Reminding himself that…