Thought Factory
by
Pen Nik
Thought factory' is a 6 stanza free verse poem that visualizes an individual's comfort and chaos in their room.
Pen Nik
is a 23 year old college student taking up the program Bachelor of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies. She loves reading and writing poetry both in English and Tagalog. A Cancer sign by birth, Pen has a deep love for the beach and mountains, which applies in her calm and introspective poetry in which she aims to emotionally resonate with readers. Her favorite Filipino female poets are Conchitina Cruz, Ophelia Dimalanta, and Merlie Aluna
This narrow space kept a factory of mind-mess.
All these cluttered objects
— stack of papers a mountain high,
ink stains mapped constellation,
witness to the loss of their own creation.
The dusts and unticking clock,
still runs the time,
as the shadows of dawn and dusk
dictates the untold tales
of hard-pressed days,
and nights spent in soul-burning haste.
Concepts and thoughts grinds,
as though cogwheels clash and collides.
This room is a factory
where thrills of deadline count,
where bustle knows no bound,
and in the untidy, inspiration is found.
Out of the door I step to witness the dazzling bright.
Each day is a cycle to be dead and alive
Alas! the product took form,
from the chaos of the night’s brain storm.
And so in these four walls I thrive,
In this mind-factory I stay and strive.
Thought Factory
Pen Nik
