These Are Our Words

In collaboration with Nellie Rose Pierce

These are our words, they fly like the birds

They climb through the air, they fall like the rain
They consume those lines and every shade of rhyme,
They ring out the bell when all the world is silent,
And the awful days of us we seek respite from
And in these awful days they're our only friends.
In each verse we play, the Hymn of life in grace
The jolly lines they flow from the same old Beck,
Though we taste its water from two very different places.
Down to the waterfall we hear the words so deep,
And those deepest thoughts, they tend to keep
Our hopes in light and those fears in dim...
Depths where darting salamanders swim
And leafmeal settles in the slanting rays
Of speechless suns traversing the world's rim.
I cup my palms here and I take a drink
(The heat has sprung sweat-drops upon my brow)
I leave my limbs here, and my stone-soul sinks
Into penultimate caverns, mountain-fed
And holds its breath there till it is called back
Into the dry day - but there it will have words
There words will oil its tongue, and it will sing.

Reviews

[Christina]

This poem radiates with such beautiful imagery, it takes the reader on such a journey. My favorites lines were
"I leave my limbs here, and my stone-soul sinks
Into penultimate caverns, mountain-fed
And holds its breath there till it is called back
Into the dry day(....)"
You paint very well with your words, it was an absolute pleasure to read!
Very wonderful writing, my friend and thank you for your review of my poem, it was lovely.

[Alicia Beavis]

This lines read awkwardly to me:
"And the awful days of us we seek respite from
And in these awful days they're our only friends."

But otherwise a pleasant piece with gorgeous imagery!

[Coyote Poetry]

Beautiful picture and words. Words have great power. Can make us dance in the rain and cry into the lonely night.
"Down to the waterfall we hear the words so deep,
And those deepest thoughts, they tend to keep"
Thank you for a amazing poem.
Coyote

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

A nice collaboration... great picture... and great imagery in the poem, relaxing and nicely spoken, written... i love the beginning four lines and also i like this line:
"Though we taste its water from two very different places."

[ErinLovesYou<3]

This is amazing, I can completely relate. Having words to express ourselves, myself is the greatest gift I personally think I could receive. I wish I could write as beautifully as this.

[Priyanka Natesh]

Absolutely wonderful! Amazingly woven words. Thank you :)

[Ripple of Aqua]

This is remarkable! Just the essence that flows through the words, sparks interest and longing in your mind.

[Derek S.Keck]

Just beautiful!

[msharma]

An artistic portrayal of thoughts.