March 27, 2011
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it doesn’t matter
it just doesn’ti started writing when i was fourteen
and i’ll keep writing
till i shuffle off this immortal coili will always come back to my words
to my understanding of what means the mostto love
to soul
to the brevity of speechand i don’t care if it’s one line at a time
or a bucket full of water
that pours from my mouthgiving way
to adjectives
adverbs
and the occasionalprepositional phrase
only visible
only viewable
through life
through livingand the insatiable
unattainable assets
of knowledgethat comes from my heart
from my headlike the slow burn
of summertime ash
or a cold rain in the fallthat leaves nothing behind
except memories of forever
that are forgottenin an instant.
Comments (10)
You’ve tapped into my thoughts again. Only your words are beautiful, strong, perfect.
I am not you and it does matter. I began talking simply to here something other than nothing- to entertain myself until I met the shrink for a lil chat on why talking only to myself is worthyof concern. I didn’t shut up and got lucky to find people to talk to or what the hell I could write a story or two. I mean the very first day I learned to read so to speak was alo my first day as a writer and i still have that out of date wallpaper to the 80′s covered story collecting it’s air from the bottom of somee steel cabinet…..somewhere….maybe. I picked up a guitar and three and a piano as in to play it at 7 I put both down- the first becaucI …you know I don’t know why I put the guitar down- I guess I just didn’t wrap around it right…. I felt silly holding what was as much air as me……only to adore a piano wich can crush me and isbigger still
I put the piano down because I want to feel it course through my soul and if it doesn’t I want nothing to do with it. I’m apparently more fickle than you- I put thing up and down….maybe i should have learned to juggle…. oh yeah I wanted to commit suicide the day I was shown how large the catalogue of ineptitude I posessed in anything to do with my hands…. good thing I read books as otherwise I had nothing to shine at. and you already know I’m fickle and care sometimes a and sometimes not- eeny meeny miney moe….what the heck do I care toss it and watch it go. uh oh it was a treasure from heaven so i should root around in the trash to find it again. I am not you and it does matter.
I’ll never stop writing either; I think most writers feel that way- it’s almost a part of our DNA.
lyrical, loved the use of writing language. me too, i can’t give up.
those last couple stanzas really do it for me…
@HereLiesNelsontheGreat - nelson! you old dog, good to hear from ya.
took the words right outta my head
@thomas_michael - ha…hello Mr. Thomas…long time!
@HereLiesNelsontheGreat - Your profile pic makes me think a Nelson action figure would sell well.
I loved this a lot