Addiction

i'm addicted
to writing

the way the words draw me in
then 
phrases end . ---
-----------------------------------------
and the tide of the rhythm
pulls your mind back out to sea

it has strange
musicality

every. beat. has meaning,
if you. can only. see--

follow interpretation:
analyze,
scrutinize,
mistakes and
discoveries. --

sometimes I like to
follow blindly,
just listen
to the words in my head
echoing

let the melodic
ups-and-downs, inflection,
shape those waves of feeling,

those emotions
words can barely capture
but
communicate
so
beautifully

some people
just 
don't
understand

but if you do,

you'll know, --

hidden mysteries,
metaphors--
write it fast,
read it slow--
see where rhythm
takes you,

go--

 

Kittykatruff

TX

YWP Alumni

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