My pen owes me Caption My pen has a mind if its own. She refuses to write when I am poised with ideas bursting in my head. She teases me,leaving me gasping for the words of my choice. Angry at her, I stop writing,empty my mind,ready to give up. Victorious, triumphant she cajoles me to write. Word by word she exposes layers upon layers of my deepest feelings, my darkest secrets, my hurt and my small joys. Amazed and humbled I look at me from different vantage points, liking what I see. I straighten myself, different but somehow same, living yet reborn. #yqbaba