Please Fill Me Again

A poem for when I've distracted myself until I'm empty

  Discouraged before I begin

  Well, that’s no way to start


  Refresh. Redo. Think again. Think anew

  Jesus. I need you. 


  I’ve been filling my mind

  With internet ideas

  The hours of videos

  Are starting to add up


  So, when I go to write

  There’s too much emptiness inside


  Writing needs a source

  Like an inner well

  Of ideas, and reflections


  Built by actions

  that don’t consume

  my attention like food


  Like doing dishes

  Raspberry picking

  And walking slowly too


  Reading verses

  Instead of dodging

  What I know I should do


  As it is

  The only thoughts

  Within sight 


  Are someone else’s

  When I try

  To write


  And that

  Is not alright


  Refresh. Redo. Think again. Think anew

  Jesus

  I need you

  Please fill me again. 

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