I Do Not Write Every Day To Feed The Algorithm Monster

a poem and an honest admission

I have periods of creativity
and periods of rest,

some days batching a small army of poems
other weeks dry and barren save for
a fragment of thought gracing the land
like a roaming tumbleweed.

With this wax and wane rhythm,
I stumble against the monster Algorithm
that needs feeding every day
or else leaves creators trodden underfoot.

I hold on to these pieces
like preserved pieces of jerky,
dried fruits of past labour
offering sacrifices to feed
this hungry Algorithm.

I do not create every day.
I do not think we should be creating every day.
Perhaps sure, I sometimes advocate
for journalling every day,
but journalling is the pre-chiselled form,
writing for the self.
Creating implies an audience.

We cannot create every day,
or at the very least,
I cannot create every day,
and perhaps others can
in a way that fits their energy and schedule.

But the fact that they can
and I cannot
is not a shame for me to hold,
but rather a conscious application
of a different strategy,
or even different goals.

Perhaps you write not to feed the algorithm
but to nourish your own soul.
Perhaps you write regardless of the algorithm,
and there are other ways you connect with others.

In this season of life,
I do not create every day,
I have periods of creativity,
and I have periods of rest.

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