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Word Of Mouth


I learned early;
If you can't read the writing on the wall,
it's because you're standing
too close to the wall.

Staying back, there's knowledge in distance.
Because intimacy brings a different awareness,
when my words have my mouth to hamper
any given wisdom.
So it's best to be quiet, while eyes collide
within or without, understanding.

It's easy to speak when I'm cold.
I can sit with all who shiver,
as my stutter blends with theirs,
blaming the current predicament.

Language is an evolution
and I'm not sure yet
who I was supposed to be, so
those who try to locate my history
get lost in the stumbling
of my hopscotch barriers
whenever I'm talking.

Like the stray branch
that doesn't follow the pattern
of the tree;
The sounds of the wind
effect more succinctly.
Like a kind and gentle push
that helps my words along,
when travelling vocally.

Maybe it was too many fevers
as a misfortuned child.
Or was that second blow,
from the iron pan
to the back of my head;
Something, reset me.

I hear, and speak, everything
differently
the closer I am
to anything caring.

~

Coincidence perhaps, that
she kisses more than she questions.
That blind faith overcomes judgements.
Let's us just be, accepting
that my mouth loses translations
coming from my heart and head.

Somehow she knows
that the less I say
then the more I mean.
That I shine in the dark
and in the whispers,
because my intensity thrives
in the murmurs.

She listens closely,
during our moments of silence.
When my hands have hers, or
as I'm caressing the candlelight reflections
into her skin.
The bed is a soft stage,
as she coaxes words from me;
"Tell me, with your body
how you feel".

And I say it all,
emptying my pages
somewhat quietly.


~~~
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