A BOOK I CAN'T FINISH

A BOOK I CAN'T FINISH
It is time
to leave a book
I cannot finish.

Here I go.

I am known for my writing.
I have fans
I may never meet.

My mind—
once full of thoughts
and creation.

I am called a proud lion,
yet no one can predict
what I will write next.

It could begin with light,
and end with something soft.

But the middle…
the middle is stone.

I have imagined stories,
ways to connect
the beginning and the end.

But now—

my mind is empty.

So to those
who read me,

the book I started

is a book
I cannot finish.