The Art of Letter-Writing

[Zowan Fireside]

I got sad. I wrote a poem. Now you say stuff about my poem. Adieu.

I'd like to write a letter to you
With a quill and ink
And lay on paper in neat lines
Exactly what I think.
But ink has hardly dried when I
Revoke those thoughts of old.

I wish I wouldn't change my mind!
I wish I had been told
That what I saw within your eyes
Was transient, would fade
Just like the browning ink upon
This crumpled, pointless page.
That all your words of faith and love,
Though true as true could be,
Rolled off your tongue like sprays of foam
Roll off the lurching sea.

Now like those waves and swells and tides
Our shape and form is lost.
A moment's permanence I found:
I never knew the cost.
And now I waver back and forth
Between good thoughts and bad

The keyboard clicks as I erase
A letter I wish you had

You stay with me like currents cold,
I'm pulled in with the tide:
Yet tears I cry that flood my soul
Are barely ripples in your mind.

[Kelly]

I think it's lovely

I don't know why, but I feel like I should be getting some deeper meaning out of this...-ponders-

Great job, anyway ^^

[Hikalyn Sarello]

I love it. Really well done.

...That's about all I can come up with. Great job.

^&^;;

[†Amelia†]

I wish I could write like that!

-glomps you-

[SlayerRob]

me to very interesting

[Sealla (Retired)]

Might I ask, was this a poem of a lost love? Because the meaning of this poem to me is something like having a loved one of whome you loved dearly and true, but in their words were lies.

Please forgive me if I totally missed the plot here, I'm not the sharpest knife of the bunch ^^;;

[Cole - retired]

Excellent work, Zo. As always, I might add.

Hope you're not sad any longer. *nods*

[Alexandra]

Yes, I too wish I could write like that too. Wonderful!

[Rebekka "Beka" Ebansu]

Well! You are a FABULOUSLY talented poem-writer type! ^^ As said before... I wish I could write like that! Only, I'm happy with my writing "talents"... I just wish I had a knack for poetry. ^^;
Have you ever considered entering a poetry contest or something? I'm sure you'd have NO trouble beating the pants off countless opponents in that field. XD
Keep it up!




~> Becca

P.S. If this is a poem from personal experience, then I hope your wound is healing... best of luck with that.