Worthy

To the people who read my words. In no particular order, Misty, Emily, La Lorena, Myth, Phibby, Betsy, Emily, JennieWren, Rebecca, Jennifer Rose ... Oh I KNOW I'm missing names, I still appreciate you

My words are chiseled so often with
you in mind. Not always about you,
but always with the knowledge that you
will read them.

You whose eyes read and feel the
words so perfectly ... who feel the
words like one feels the radiant
sunshine of May, after a long, cold
winter of longing.

You, who read, and properly feel the
stinging bite of the bitter, wind
driven snows.

You, who read, and know the searing sting
of the whetted blade that opens a vein.

I owe you. I owe it to you, not to throw
some haphazard assembly of words
clumsily onto a page, and grunt, "Poem".

And so, you are on my mind as I move
the words about, chip away at them,
dust them off, look one last time at them
 ... and finally decide that they might be
worthy of your eyes.

Reviews

[Kristina Moulaison]

I agree with Emily. Was thinking something similar. This one really got me, with the stone and the chiseling line, the poet to poet understanding, how we feel deeply, so eloquently described.
"know the searing sting
of the whetted blade that opens a vein."
I so envy that line. This is definitely one of my all time favorites!

[Emily B]

you used to be a man who worked at writing poems

now you are the Poet

[Creepy Swine Guy]

[Spoken in a whisper] ... Thank you.

[Emily B]

do you have another emily?

[Creepy Swine Guy]

There is another Emily, yes.

[Emily B]

that's good, everybody should have a crowd of Emilys

[Creepy Swine Guy]

I think, technically, I require yet one MORE Emily to constitute a crowd.

[Emily B]

did i not introduce you to my good friend Emily Dickinson, you also are aware of my daughter Sarah EMILY, and sometimes Emilys have a different name, we're tricky that way

[Creepy Swine Guy]

... and so, the crowd of Emilys arrived.

[Emily B]

:)

[Ashly Christen]

Beautiful Monroe! Love it

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Thank you ma'am