Words (on a page)

Words
on a page.

(This is the meaning.)

 

I am          separate                     from you.

 

I am reminding you, still you feel
connected through interpretation -
imagining a subtle inflection
where a dull finger landed
or a meaningful pause
where I was struggling
to think of something
more to say;
each group of words
huddledtogether
fearingyouranalysis.

 

That is why...
I love you more than I can express
is left at:

 

Fondly,

 

and
You mean more to me than is mentally comprehendible
is left at:

 

Dear,

 

and everything in between is just
so much white noise when spoken out loud.

 

Words
on a page.

 

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we aren't the same, we are different ...but sometimes people read us and think they know us...that they are kindred spirits...and yet? we have presented words that could mean anything...could be words that have nothing to do with what we are feeling at present..they can just be words and that's it.

i like readers to read my words and relate on their own terms...trying to psychoanalyze the poet is not the best idea..because most times we will be read wrong anyway.

i like this piece...especially the "fondly" and "dear" parts.

yes i have left a piece of me on the page..but not all of me, and not nearly enough that you can figure me out.

[LJW]

Nice to see you back again, Jacob. So many new faces. Makes me feel good.

Words can either be crystalline-descriptive or black smoke- deceptive. Carefully chosen or jotted down in mindless haste. In the end they are only words. Words ( on a page )

[Wuji]

I've noticed your work is exceedingly original, and this is no exception. I felt the inversion and neurochemical of writing, so to speak in this and it was very pleasant.

[ChemicalMadness]

I love it when a writer isn't afraid to (intelligently) play with form and format. You do so here at no expense to the magnificent content; to the contrary, you've enhanced in all the right places.

I really enjoyed this and will be back.

CM

[Ken Simm.]

This is quite frankly tremendous writing. So much said by your 'words on a page'. I would require at least a book to say the same.

[LJW]

TY Ken. Means a lot coming from a writer who writes in a way I cannot.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

I'm impressed!... you have summed it up my friend! :)
This is not only creative, but spot on!... Fabulous diction!

[LJW]

Thanks R. First time I ever had a compliment about my diction. :-)
Fabulous bikini. I was thinking it might increase my readership if I put up a pic of me in one. Nah, wouldn't work. It'd have all the women joining Jenny Craig and all the men laughing.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

awwww you should! ;)
I enjoyed reading this. :)

[Frieda P]

My favorite is always poetry about poetry, this is a unique write and I'm finding it one of the best I've read, nicely done.

[LJW]

Cool Frieda, thank you. Wrote this years ago and it is on my list of top 5 all-time favorites. Nice to have some new faces visit. Maybe it's because I've been visiting more writers myself? Go figure.... :-)

[Dane Osborne]

I'm not going to attempt any drawn out interpretation and I don't really feel like any attempts at concise cleverness at the moment. I also cannot give any laudatory praise that you haven't already heard before.

This has a very cool feel to it and I do "get" it. Excellent as always on your part.

[LJW]

TY. That'll do Dane. :-)

[Holly Mason]

Dear LJW,
I am quite fondly reading your poem. I find Dear, that I am quite fond of it.
The rest of my review will only be white noise so I will leave it at that.
Thank you for sharing fine writer...truly enjoyed, Holly

[LJW]

:-) TY Holly.

[roarke]

Yeah, man. When the meaning is there, it takes the breath and the words away. Gimme a minute. It's like that, all of that.

[T. F. Rice]

The best poem by LJW that I've read so far! So unique! Love it! Wouldn't change a thing!