this is off the self-help topic, but I can't resist putting it in:
To my muse
"An example of [sentimentality] might be a poem in which an excess of emotion is lavished on a floor lamp." — Ted Kooser
O lamp, you shed your light
on every word I write.
Even in darkest night
you are so calm and bright
I never need the sun
when the long day is done.
Whether incandescent
or compact fluorescent
you stand there on the floor
as out my soul I pour
into verses galore.
Looking over my shoulder
you make my hand grow bolder.
With you, my muse electric,
my writing pace turns hectic,
my poems begin to smoulder
and soon burst into flame,
like this ode to your name.
May it bring you fame
till all the world, O lamp,
knows that you're the champ!