Tuesday, November 21, 2017

2017 November Chapbook Challenge:Day 21/ Construcion/Deconstruction

Construction/Deconstruction

what are we doing                 each day                      collecting words

pinning them to paper            gathering ingredients            bake in the oven

before the easel                     making marks             adding paint

to painted surface                  layers upon layers                   it is to construct         

carefully adding                      then taking away                    what goes/what stays



what is it that painting and writing   have in common         both are languages                

we are attempting to say       what is in our hearts              share what we feel               

one no more plain                  no more understandable                    than the other

we think we know words        and their meaning                 but then         

misunderstandings flourish   words fall from my mouth    you hear my words



you are offended                    your anger flares                    a bonfire lit                            

i have tried to explain             no offense intended               but you know what you heard           

you know the words         you know their meaning              there will be no reconciliation

until……                              i cannot say, until what             for i do not know                   

like humpty dumpty           i’m "caught in a crack"               the door slams behind me                            


November 21, 2017   



1 comment:

Sherry Blue Sky said...

It is amazing the effect words can have - often misinterpreted and taken in a way so far from what was intended. Humans can be bewildering. I am seeing some of this in my own family right now. Meanwhile we peacefully ply our art, unable to alter another's skewed perceptions.

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