reaching for inspiration

behind me is a bookcase of inspiration,
the ones who write seriously, carefully applying stamps
to an envelope, a letter inside, several pages of their finest.
one day, they hope to see their words on a white page on a bookcase
like this one behind me, this bookcase of inspiration, words spilled
from writers who care enough to apply a stamp to an envelope and
send their words out, hoping for them to be printed on a book
of inspiration, a book like the the ones behind me in my
bookcase of inspiration, for the days when the gym,
the workplace, the events did not spark a poem
in this space that does not go into an
envelope, or a bottle, or anywhere
that is white and smooth, only
a screen somewhere that
someone might read
somewhere.