Elf Owl

If it doesn’t compel you,
Don’t try to write about it.
If it’s always on your mind,

You ought to let words help you.
Everyone would like to write
Something many others dream,

Or dread, or worry about,
Something believed important
And well worth reading about.

But maybe you can’t help them.
Maybe you’re compelled to write
About something personal

No one wants to know about.
Maybe you dwell on horrors.
Maybe you’re just trivial,

Dull. Be the Dante of dull.
There’s no audience other
Than other humans. There are,

However, other subjects.
If your waking hours fill up
With thoughts about owls, write owls.