David Carradine said, “If you cannot be the poet, be the
poem.”
I’ve also heard it said the thing that breaks you are the
words caught in your throat.
Well, I have years of words (and thoughts) never
uttered but living silently in notebooks or tucked on crumpled pieces of paper
in the pockets of my coat, and some hidden in my heart—kept there safely
and secretly because they are for the one I love—and sometimes I guess it does
feel as though I’m choking by not letting any of them into the world.
But, sometimes I do share because I feel like the poem as
well as the poet, the inspiration and the creator of something worth sharing.
Footsteps and cell phones,
as I walk the country roads,
remind me I am never alone.
Still, life is smarter here
compared to the city where
people talked night and day
having nothing to say.
Mimi Wolske
Jan ’16, All Rights
Reserved
(the quote is by David Carradine, the photo is the property of the owner, the poetic words are mine)
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