Monday, February 07, 2022

WHY DO I WRITE?

Weaving lace with words and phrases

Is a craft I've known since childhood.

Finding subtleness in language;

Romantic eccentricities.

Twisting metaphoric diction

As the ink flows onto page,

Filling, flooding, overflowing-

Miles and miles of deep emotion.

New twists.,

Old twists,

Trite distinctions,

Flavoring, savoring conversations

Dulled by enigmatic charm.

Afraid to harm linguistic manners,

Searching, striving for the next

Euphoric phrase meant to impress.

Never quite as comfortable with

Confrontations face to face.

Preference yields to empty pages

There before me to complete.

Conversations live but moments.

The written word knows no defeat.

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