For the Love of Language #3

My favorite in this series so far.

I could never love someone dull

who never wonders the big, huge questions

like why the oceans are blue

or how birds learn to fly

or why we can't

..in most ways, anyway.

I could not have affections for someone who

doesn't gasp at the glory of heaven

and how that stardusted velveteen expanse

makes them feel microscopic and frail

I can't respect people who don't appreciate the written language, Shakespeare,

or a good cup of coffee

because I inhale lyrics and rhythm and meter

and exhale emotions and phrases and stanzas.

I am simply interested in those who are like me-

who look for the good in all

who see the poetry in pictures and the lyrics in life.

Everyone deserves the pleasure of possessing

a soul which is sparked alive with the motion and flow

and beat of language.

It is a privilege to have art pulsing through me.

Reviews

[A Glow in the Pit of My..]

because I inhale lyrics and rhythm and meter
and exhale emotions and phrases and stanzas

I absolutely adore this line. This is wonderful, I can relate so well to this that it's almost like I wrote it in another life. Keep it up, don't ever stop.

[Camryn Jeter]

Thank you!! Reading poetry makes me feel the same way. I'm on a mission to make people feel like that.