Writing a Better Story - Carrie Newcomer

I’m writing a new ending

With a better storyline

Turn the page and leave the blanks

With a plot that’s less defined

And though I won’t get back

A day of stolen time

I could go to bed at night

With a better storyline

Leave what can’t be changed in the past

Let the old house burn down

And the wind scatter the ash

Forgive myself for all the broken glass

What I didn’t know how to say or ask

I’m writing a new ending

With a better storyline

Turn the page and lave the blanks

With a plot that’s less dfined

And though I won’t get back

A day of stolen time

I could go to bed at night

With a better storyline

Here’s the scene when I lost my map

When the breadcrumbs blew away

And there was no way back

Just the compass of my heart to find the path

Seeing only in the dark, flash to lightning flash

I’m writing a new ending

With a better storyline

Turn the page and leave the blanks

With a plot that’s less defined

And though I won’t get back

A day of stolen time

I could go to bed at night

With a better storyline

There are stories shaped like stones

The ones our hearts have always known

The ones we finally call our own

Down where the spirit meets the bone

I’m ending where another story starts

At the edges I can grow, even when they’re razor sharp

I’m grateful for the words that I bookmarked

Before I really knew I’d need them for this part

I’m writing a new ending

With a better storyline

Turn the page and leave the blanks

With a plot that’s less defined

And though I won’t get back

A day of stolen time

I could go to bed at night

With a better storyline