Why I Write This Way

Introduction

I write the way a pulse moves-

close to the surface,

restless,

honest.

Not everything I feel fits cleanly

into conversation or daylight,

but ink has room

for what the body carries in secret.

These pieces come from

the underside of moments-

the breath before the kiss,

the hesitation before the wanting breaks,

the memory your skin keeps

long after you’ve walked away.

If you read these words

and something shifts in you,

it’s because we’ve met

in the same quiet place.

Reviews

[Randall]

Curly Grace, Ink never dries.

She moves close to him to see if their pulses match.
Realizing hers is his.
Their kiss was quick, but the moment still lasts.
And again, words move a heart to the same quiet place.

Randall...

[Curly Grace]

Randall…
If her pulse was his,
it’s because ink remembers what skin once knew.
read moreRandall…
If her pulse was his,
it’s because ink remembers what skin once knew.
Some moments are brief only in motion,
never in meaning.
The quiet place doesn’t close.
It waits.

Curly...

[Buddhistboy73]

This is very sensual as a piece of writing and connects to something within us that as poets we can tap into...

You do a great job of conjuring up images in the reader, taking them on a journey.
These were my favourite lines:

Not everything I feel fits cleanly
into conversation or daylight,
but ink has room
for what the body carries in secret.

It emphasises your unique way of writing...:)

BB73

[Curly Grace]

Thank you for this.
I’m glad those lines reached you the way they were meant to.