The Writer’s Pondering
A poem about musing by ED 5/12/22
I wonder if you’ll love me
When I stop wondering and speak
Will these panicked feelings leak and creep
Down from my brain and down the back of my throat
That’s why I choke
Every time I read what I wrote
Learning by rote
Memorize the notes
To mesmerize the folks
Who called me kin
Then again
Who kicked me out
Pulled me in again
When my greatest sin
Was moving on for life to begin
They drowned my voice
And stabbed your soul
How did your admiration continue
To grow?
For a woman not grown
And hardly known
Your seeds so sweet
Carefully sown
Where the breath of dragons blown
Over the castles and high rises
Scorch the refrain that comprises
My soul’s domain and home
What a surprise is the prize
You have awarded me
A ring and promises
Of loyalty royally known
Where the springtime light
Has shone through the night
And now your heart is my own.
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Emily Dickerson
Hopeful and young, full of love. From my heart high praises are sung. For this reason I am here: to love and serve and bring all souls near. <3
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