Writer’s Block

At first
It’s hard as metal.

Or is it
More like hard cheese

Or maybe butter
Straight from the fridge.

No,
It was left in the sun

And now
As silky oil,

Runs in rivulets,
Clarified and melted

To the yellow-shine
Of a different entropic state.

© Ben Truesdale and distilledvoice, 2015.