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Sparks
my poetry has failed me
its insufficient
arrangements of alphabet
stumble over their own serifs
lisping s’s and stuttering l’s
o that every star were a letter
with which to write
the constellations in my heart
and words were weightless
feathered things
unfettered by the gravity
of innuendo
the incapacities of misjudgment
I would sing for you
in the language
of a warmest blood
my gentlest lark
these incomplete sentences
left behind us showered
dim as arcing sparks
its insufficient
arrangements of alphabet
stumble over their own serifs
lisping s’s and stuttering l’s
o that every star were a letter
with which to write
the constellations in my heart
and words were weightless
feathered things
unfettered by the gravity
of innuendo
the incapacities of misjudgment
I would sing for you
in the language
of a warmest blood
my gentlest lark
these incomplete sentences
left behind us showered
dim as arcing sparks
Published 28th Jul 2019
| Edited 20th Aug 2020
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29th Jul 2019 3:55am
Very intriguing ink for me
and though i grew up in a very dysfunctional family
it's not helping my understand Your ink, here
but even though i don't get it
i liked it.................weird, right?
and though i grew up in a very dysfunctional family
it's not helping my understand Your ink, here
but even though i don't get it
i liked it.................weird, right?
Anonymous
24th Nov 2019 1:00am
The play on words here regarding the letters is a thing of beauty. I love how this is free of form. It adds to that concise thought process that is presented here.
The dim as arcing sparks like here is intriguing. Perfect finisher for this write however.
I enjoyed this because I could feel some of myself in the words here, and that’s the measure of a write for me— if I can relate on an emotional level.
Thank you for sharing this.
-M
The dim as arcing sparks like here is intriguing. Perfect finisher for this write however.
I enjoyed this because I could feel some of myself in the words here, and that’s the measure of a write for me— if I can relate on an emotional level.
Thank you for sharing this.
-M
3rd Dec 2019 1:15am
Thank you for reading this and your comment- in appeared quickly and haven't really edited it yet, was thinking of welding images in that final line. Thanks.
