Capture it and Tame it!

When an idea taps your shoulder

Make sure you spot it there

It may be fairly common

But it may be very rare!

Notice it has landed

That it has chosen YOU!

Often they just spring on us

Completely out the blue!

Capture it

And tame it

Don’t let it get away

Write it down, record it

Constrain it in some way!

Jot it in your notebook

Put a memo on your phone

Just make sure that you don’t lose it

Like a dog protects bone!

It may turn into something

It may become a THING

But only if you’ve got it

Is there a chance that it may PING!

PING into a poem

Or PING into song

Ping into a SOMETHING

That should definitely belong!