Honorable Quandary

As i sat reading poetry

a sudden urge came over me.

“Write instead of read” a voice said.

“You can’t wait until you are dead.”

I am writing regularly

to the point of insanity.

Then i read what i have written.

I ask “Should this be forbidden?”

I have read this previously.

Is this really coming from me?

Well yes, the phrasing is mine

and my intentions are benign.

Future poets may say

what i am writing today.

isn’t simple plagiary

but a forgotten memory.

If a cosmic akashic field

is harvested and then revealed,

i may be the one who does it.

That wasn’t stealing, or was it?

As long as i do not sell it

and am careful how i spell it;

my poems are written by me

and all of them are always free.

Walt Abbott 8-18-2011