Padlocked Dreams

“My desire to write has been crushed of late. While my carpentry endeavours have been going well, the same cant be said of my books. My newest book made just one sale in four months. I’m told it’s because my covers are terrible. I fear the reason is much worse than that. Whatever the reason, if you want to read about Holly as she is now. Do it soon, there will either be a new look coming or she’ll vanish from sale completely in the near future. Anyway, here’s a poem about whats in my head right now.”

I wrote this prompt for the following prompts.
Ragtag Daily prompt – Disquieting
Fandango’s One Word Challenge — Padlock

Padlocked Dreams

My dreams trapped by a padlock
Somebody else holds the key
With cruelty they mock
Bringing my hopes to a knee

My brand all a tatters
My creation set aflame
To you it doesn’t matter
Of course, I’m to blame

I created my special story
Made it unique by fate
My dream to create smiles, not glory
Instead, you chose to hate

You say my covers are bad
That the contents are even worse
This was the best I had
Thanks to my rotten curse

Now my demon is disquieting
Just as my covers are shunned
My negativity is rioting
And my progress is stunned

So now I must trash the lot
Tear it apart at the seems
I don’t know if I have another shot
To get the key to my dreams

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