Drawing focuses my agitated mind
Inspiration flows in a continuous stream
Sating my brain which ceases to whirl
Thoughts, dark and foreboding, stop
Running down like an old clock
Apprehension rises in a vapour cloud
Condensing into peaceful calm
Tantalising ideas slowly crystalise
Into solid lines and perceptible forms
Ordinary life loosens its formidable grip
Necessary release from relentless stress
By Robbie Cheadle
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Robbie Cheadle
Robbie Cheadle loves to create in a variety of mediums including words, cake, fondant, charcoal, and oil pastels. She enjoys writing fantasy stories for children, poetry, and paranormal stories for adults in historical settings.
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Wonderfully expressed, Robbie! It never fails to amaze me how totally creativity can focus us 💕🙂
I have to agree, drawing focuses me
You made me wish I could draw! Wonderful work. 👏🏼