An Urgency to Write

I did not stumble upon
This mode of writing
Until after I had spent
Tedious years
Of trial and error practice,
Struggling to find
A style that appealed to me.
Now I write
As if catching up
For lost time.
I am also acutely aware
That life can be
Unexpectedly short.
If I have something
Worth saying,
I better speak up now
While I have a chance,
Because tomorrow
May never come.
These mental images
That prance around
Inside my head
Are much too picturesque
And far too memorable
To let evaporate
With my passing.