Only Implied (A Shaky Free Verse) Poem by Sonya Annita Song

Tremblingly
I start to write;
Immediately
A rhyme pops up.
"No, not now, "
I say quite stern;
It wags its tail
Just like a… baby canine.
Whining with its
Pup-like eyes,
I know that it
Just wants to play;
A perky yip,
A charming yap,
I grit my teeth
While I say… "Negative.
I must expand
My appetite
To more than rhymes,
Be more refined,
The only way
That I can train
The picky palate
Of my... mental faculties."
Quite doggedly
I must resist,
Though I admit
That it's quite hard,
So tempting but
I must refrain
And try to hold
My shaky… fortification.
I don't know how,
I don't know why,
My mind works
In the way it does;
I cannot even
Use the term
That answers why
With just… a single word
Without a tug
Upon my sleeve,
Like a compass
Pointing north,
A fruit that begs
Me just to taste
The flavours that
It can bring… into existence.

I hope you sense
The challenges
That free style verse
Can pose and tease
To someone who
Just loves to play
With pup-like rhymes
From fruitful... woody perennial plants.