Tuesday, November 1, 2022

The Roots of my Next Poem

Will I find the poem from someone's eyes

the lines and words flashing bright,

but too quick to be held in my palms?



Will I receive it as a gift in the night

every line, every word, streaming in my dream-

I need to wake up and catch it pass by?



Will I find it in your hands as it held mine,

as I lead you inside a lover's room

to ignite the heart's imaginations?


Or is it the seed I buried in the ground,

that I need to nurture, word by word

line by line?