i was mining for a word
to explain what i couldn't say
you reached into the place
where you keep your own words
words that you hammered
and picked for yourself
and now the word can
become mine too
your word is a key that unlocks
what i was unable to reach on my own
it is a strong and good word
maybe it shouldn't be mine
because i didn't hammer
and pick it for myself
you freely gave
what came to you at great cost
the word isn't diminished (and neither are you)
because in the imparting
it has a new place in which to grow
and a new life of its own
*the image of the uncut amethyst is from cjfundesigns.com
2 comments:
yes but what is the word...i am in serious suspense...i assume it is not nefarious (but that is a new word to me...don't like the meaning but like the word as a word) or maybe it wasn't a word at all and you are speaking in metaphor...dang dang dang double dang
ahhh, i know the experience well . . . thanks for articulating what lives in me but has yet to find adequate expression.
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