Silent words, in some empty place.

She wanted to be a poet,

not knowing,
not understanding,
each metaphor muddled the page
with snarled similes
benign and befuddled.

The theme was vague,
the ambition wasted,
and time had expired.

Each word lay
in a grammatical grave,
invisible to a poem-lover's eyes.

They died in a hidden place,
uneasy and quiet,
like a botched poetic stillborn.

Reviews

[kentuck14]

Relic,
I wonder how many unwritten, unread poems wait out their existence in some "Limbo"--- that imagined
place the RCC taught for so many years!? I like the images you put forth . . . "lover by the phone" . . . "lay in some grammatical grave." I wonder if these poems haunt us in our dreams? Nice write.
Tom

[Laura Kate]

This is fantastic, and yet I feel the sound of the machine which may never die.
Best wishes,
Laura

[Relic]

Thanks very much.

[Papaya]

I think you've touched on something most of us can relate to.
I do wish I could go back and bring some of my poems back to life but they're buried in trash cans all across Toronto.

[Relic]

haha. Thanks for the review, Ana. :)

[Papaya]

:) You're welcome

[john l smith]

this makes me think of all the starts I have engaged in, that become trash can material because the end never happens quite right, although the ending often takes place as I sleep, tho' when I wake up it is long gone

[Relic]

Isn't that always the way. Thanks, John.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Poetically declined'
Relic,
As your words were read I found myself thinking that writing is just our thoughts being shared. Sometimes honest portrayal is very challenging to find the right words for. Anyway with all the different styles of expression it is comforting to read a poem like yours. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Kathy

[Relic]

Thank you, Kathy.

[¿]

Am in the same company.....something I want to say and something else I end up writing...some says my poems are just redundant and some has to say those are overflowing with deep meanings....whom to hear?! So just keeping my pen running. ...
It's a wonderful writing with ignored subject and I love it! Thanks for sharing, friend :)

[Relic]

Thanks for your thoughts, Tahsin. :)

[¿]

Welcome! :)

[Mrudula Rani]

This is very accurate about writing. A lot of things we scribble down makes no sense at a later date. You are excellent at expressing the sentiment that cross our hearts. And a brilliant poet.

[Relic]

Thank you very much, Mrudula.

[Mrudula Rani]

Reading your wonderful poems is always a pleasure of mine.