Monday, January 21, 2013

words...

words get lost off the edges of paper...toppling over in a sudden exhale of breath...withering under a slow moving pen...or scratched out...unable to capture the meaning...to find the depth...floating away...lacking the gravity of the situation...

words leap back and hide...words collide...words explode...words crawl under a stack of papers and wait to pounce...

words miss the mark and are erased...

words sing your praises...words dance in fancy lines on pink neon card stock....words glide along...sleek poetry leaning against the bottom of the page waiting for you to read on...

words between the lines suddenly make sense...words in big bold print shout at you...

words missing the point...words falling short...

words dripping honey sweet...words and words and words...tender words dropping like rose petals onto the page...

i wish i had the words to express how i feel...i wish i had the words to convince you...i wish i had the words to make things make sense...

are these words self evident?

can words paint a picture?

will words ever be a fitting container when i write i love you?

words will flow from me until i have no more words left in me...

but words are not your soul food...they will not feed you...you dont trust the words from my pen...they never filled you...tasteless words i am sure you thought my offerings were...not worth the reading...not worth the adventure...but my words want you to know i am here....thinking...wanting you to know...who i am...

1 comment:

  1. Very cool... love the line about words hiding under the paper waiting to pounce... :)

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