I Want To Write

I want to write
I told them.
I want to study something that fits comfortably on the soul;
I've had enough of the sub-cellular world.

I told them
Biology is not right for me.
I've had enough of the sub-cellular world;
Genetics doesn't know me well enough.

Biology is not right for me.  
There is no poetry in microorganisms!
Genetics doesn't know me well enough;
Writing is in my DNA

There is no poetry in microorganisms
Except for bioluminescent dinoflagellates in California waves.
Writing is in my DNA--
Tangled in my meshed thoughts.

Except for bioluminescent dinoflagellates in California waves,
Science doe not sparkle in the light.
Tangled in my meshed thoughts,
I struggle for literary escape.

Science does not sparkle in the light.
It grieves me to pass the days without a pen in hand.
I struggle for literary escape;
I long for the complexity of prose and the sweetness of diction

It grieves me to pass the days without a pen in hand.
I want to study something that fits comfortably on the soul.
I long for the complexity of prose and the sweetness of diction--
I want to write!