Fiction Doesn't Pay
A frustration
Fiction doesn't pay, they say
So get your head out of the clouds.
Start thinking about real things
Like bills and rent and frowns.
Stop trying to be something
You know you'll only end up hurt.
Fiction isn't useful,
You'll end up in the dirt.
Fiction doesn't pay, they say
So give up on your dreams.
There are better things to do and think
And better things to be.
There isn't any point you know,
In writing what you love.
Fiction doesn't pay, they say
And I scream I fucking know
But fiction makes the world go round,
And nourishes the soul.
Fiction doesn't pay, they say
So go try something else.
But fiction makes me happy
And damn it, I write well.
About the Creator
Ash Taylor
Lover of fantasy and all things whimsical. Currently studying Writing and Publishing at UNE in Armidale, Australia. Living on Anaiwan land.
he/him
Comments (3)
Iām sure so many of us can relate to this š š
This is great. Love that last line.
Iām taking it that the pic is the poem