Words

Sometimes I feel as if the words have been

Dragged out of me, that they have pulled my hair

And boxed my ears and left me to scrape my face

On the pavement while they tower over

And count them one by one by one by one.

Words all count for one by one by one;

An ‘a’ for ‘oversimplification’

Another word, another space, and one

By one by one and sometimes a river

Of words and ink and inspirations swells

And drowns me in its murky current of

Words and ink and inspiration. And then,

When the words have battered my heart and mind,

They leave me to rest a while, broken, healed.

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