Have You Written

Last time I saw you were

Lost in a word devotion

Chopping and choosing

A mixed salad of emotions

Have you written it down?

You are so good with words

I’m sure I’ll be edited out 

You wave that pen as a sword

You looked up with those

Black holes of eyes

Pulling out my sadness 

Leaving me an empty prize

Lady luck was not at my back

You smiled and looked down

For the Five seconds I had

No time to generate a noun

So what have you written

Who have you sliced and diced

Was it from your stash of slights

Bitter words are saved on ice

If you have written down

Your words all velvety

Tell me them quietly

I can be your melody

by Dave Schipper

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