A Letter

 

It started as a letter

And grew

To a million letters

flowing in emptiness

Their purpose- only to exist

 

A finger reaches

to scratch that itch

of curiousity

a letter is plucked

from the coloquey tree

 

then two

then three

 

soon leaves shake violently

by the wind of our lips

speaking their name

 

ink droplets fall

like apples drawn 

to gravity 

 

we play

letter romps

rolled like balls

built like blocks

smashed together

and spoken outloud

 

a liquid word

hardens

becomes solid

 

then two

then three

 

forming texture

soon

sentences gasp

like baby's first breath

and in the midst of our spray 

 

we moisten the world

with definition

 

and so we converse

about meanings

about feelings

about what we hope to achieve

about some higher purpose

what we’ve done today

what we’ll do tomorrow

about the colors of the world

 

our voices gyser

and we are heard

 

awaken our sleepy eyed prose

 

may the rumble of newborn ideas

muffle not each profound sound

But articulate in echoes 

a life well spent

in expression

 

off the depth of our canyoned aspiration

words are waiting for reverberation

tantalizing the inner drum

of our ear

and our hearts

daring us

 

to step from the edge of the page

 

transcending

cascading

 

the aurora of our capability

blooming like the sunrise

an endless vision

 

feet together

arms outstretched

head thrown back

 

I step to the eroding edge

of boundary 

a thought is whispered

to a gentle breeze

and I tip over with ease

trusting

 

the expanse of humanity-

anything can be

second nature.

 

words become habit that's formed

not given at birth

but learned

Is it too bold to believe

 

we can learn to love

like we learned to speak?

 

augmenting love like Boston Lager

we take a sip

in daily routine

 

lets matter-of-factly

love

like the words that

roll off our tongue

 

maybe one day we can look back

and say

 

it started as a letter

and grew..

Reviews

[DeAn]

wow. no words in the human language could do this review justice. you have written whats spoken and felt by hearts all over the world. an elequent speech given in the best interests of love and recieved in joy. thanks for making us a part of the revelation that comes to you in the form of words un-spoken. :)

love is.

l8r g8r
-DeAn

[Dan Bullock]

I love the story, the words and the flow. It's a wonderful rendition of how we all came to be and how it continues, fantastic writing :)

[Robert Luna]

I love the feeling this conveys as it made feel as if I myself was read my very own thoughts. The transformation of the depths of imagination coming to life in and take upon a life of its own as the simple word starts a revolution of life and the existence of something more than just a spot of ink upon a page. But with that single drop it is a movement of its own. I love that this wrapped me up with in it so deeply as my own thoughts became what I was reading and I felt as my understand was so much deeper that just a reader but a person that could feel the very core or heart of the piece.


Great Job!!!!!!!!

[Cornbred]

Very good and touching poem like it a lot.

[Rain]

I thought I had the gist of this piece. The ink wet...the words not yet solid..then the ink drys and the word becomes eternal. I think sometimes I'm just dumb. I get lost. When that happens I just look for lines that have meaning to me. You always seem to furnish that. It is so frustrating to read a good writer, but then loss my way. It's the reader, not the writer. I love your writing, but just simply got lost in this one.
"what if we can learn to love
like we learned to speak?"
This was a profound question to me, and it made me think. That's all a writer can hope to do...is make the reader feel, and question. So, even though I got lost, I still got something from the work. Rain..

[Mr. Lopez]

There are few pieces and writers that i've read that have the ability to move my heart and stir my thoughts as you do. In your words are the seeds that ask of me for water and into thought they grow. I am a huge fan and feel honord to be able to read your words . Excellent !!!!!

Mr.Lopez

[~*The Writer In Me*~]

good interpretation of love.

[R J Askew]

Great read, very positive and some nice touches...esp like 'like the baby's first breath' and 'our voices geyser'

[bob, small b. aka invs]

very nice. you're one of the better writers i've stumbled upon here at the Cafe.

i got a little lost midway through the poem when the topic seemed to drift away from the letters and words forming, but you brought it back around nicely at the end.

ok. i'm off to read more of your stuff.....

[ATG]

This a long, but very interesting poem. It was very well written. It was.... great! That is the only word I can think of. I have reviewer's block because it was that good. I don't know how to describe it. At least not in a way that would do justice to this great poem.

[fireblossom]

Brilliant. You one of my favorite poets. :-)

Clarity through simplicity is the keynote of this poem. It touched my heart and made me a better person. That's the highest praise I can give you sweet woman.

By the way, this poem also shows growth as a person. I just love you for that growth.

Jan