I Will Speak To You In Poetry
/When saying the words
with normal talk feels
raw
crass
naked
petty
I will hand you poems instead
I will tell the story in shining
heart breaking
word-paintings
you can taste
like dust and moisture on your tongue
during the first rain storm after
a season-long drought
that you can carry in your pocket like smooth beach stones
warm from the sun
cold from eons tumbling in the water
who tell their story without speaking
who sing the songs without words
Dark Basalt
Red Granite
Crystal Quartz
Gritty sandstone
born from pyroclastic cataclysm
shaped beneath ages of pressure
and erosion
and waves of fierce beauty
like my heart