Thursday, September 21, 2006

ode

I told him, letters
have a special charm all their own
handwriting and overwriting
and words scratched out
and little doodles in the margin
reading between the lines
is the most beautiful thing
about revealing your feelings in words
that's why I love poetry
it lets me say things that
I'm too shy to say in prose

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

only too true
how a wish
encased in a wishbox
is magical,

only:
when you see character
neatly
put out to see on a pallid page.

only too true
how this poem person teaches you
to be
unashamed
of the colour of your own

blood.