Without a Notebook By Michael Minassian

I did not write anything 

down today.

I count my breaths

and sit with eyes

half closed, visualizing

a set of words

scrawled across the page,

but lacking pen or pencil

and wanting paper

as thin as air,

I imagine 

what life would be like

if ink flowed in my veins

and I pricked my finger

every time a new thought

pushed its way out.

MICHAEL MINASSIAN lives with his wife in Southern New England. He is a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His poetry collections Time is Not a River, Morning Calm, and A Matter of Timing as well as a chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, are all available on Amazon. For more information: https://michaelminassian.com