Friday, May 19, 2023

Letter by Envelope

 

To adore you, like a tremendous move, so silent, such demure, shy, a magnificent candle. A deadly ritual, so confused, ways it weaves indecency. To watch like lemurs, to riot like apes, so soundless, so loud, contradiction meaning truth. Scholars at it, major disputes, sudden refusals—caves inside, to awaken inside, like a tour of a private mirror. Mystical myths, mansion mystiques, at my interior funeral. To adore you, caught with love diaries, pleading existence—baffled at war, to keep is unlike to seduce, making music in blues. We all wondered, to discover her heart, despite what may feather into wings. Making kingdoms, frowning a little, one decision, a thousand lives; purity of soul, an ugly belief, so wrong to have forsaken possibility. Never to give it back, to take without intermission, grandpa would cringe. At my existence, peering into my future, making an inadequate production. Willing persistence, getting tired, one day up, a few hours later—to treasure elevation, to tolerate de-escalation, palms to face, sweat to palms, with Love the sweetest voice. It doesn’t matter, as it dissipates, it flourishes with a selective few. New ideas.   

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...