I wake up with words in my head
Muddled, jumbled words twirling about Mini tornados of thoughts and dreams and remembrances At times I can make sense of them Wrangle them into form and function Organize them in a way that pleases me and doesn’t offend the masses But often I only let them play, swirling in the midst Until I can grasp a sentence, hear a phrase I wake up with words in my head They ping pong about the walls of my skull Occasionally landing in sequences that resemble a thoughtful, a somewhat concise statement. Other times they fall to the page in a jumble And I leave them there, flat and uninteresting When I return, they may make a feeling clear But for now they are useless, impractical, unrealized Until I can I coax the shy ones out of the corners Temp the boisterous ones to share space, they cannot help me I wake up with words in my head Sometimes a chaotic attack of feelings needing a description A dream needing explanation, a panic waiting to be soothed Some times I lie still, waiting for them to organize themselves Find their purpose, make their path known Keeping myself immobile, lest I scare them off Back to that corner of my mind I cannot reach That space where I can only faintly hear them Where echoes of what they are trying to say will irritate me, and tempt me And will never be resolved I wake up with words in my head But sometimes, I wish I wouldn’t Sometimes I wish the way were clear and quiet A bright blue morning sky on a crisp winter’s day Sometimes I wish for that peace that settles on a field before the sun drops down behind the hill For that calm that lingers behind a contented baby’s eyes But I know I would be lonely without my tornado of text I would be lost without the cacophony of verse I wake each morning, hopeful, and nervous Excited and terrified And each morning, I wake up with words in my head
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AuthorMy name is ej. I'm a girl. I say that because with the short hair and the short initials, folks aren't always sure. More brilliant insights to who I am in About me Archives
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