If I could have just
said everything
that I really
wanted to say
at the time
that it was needed
instead of later
the next day
I would not
need to scribble
into letters
words that could not
find their way
from my head
to my mouth
lost, blindly shuffling
traveling south
If I could have
posted
all these notes
to everyone
I've ever met
I would love
to see their faces
smiling at what I
should have said
Rene~June 2012
For Magpie Tales
Image Credit:
Still Life, 1670, detail by Jean François de Le Motte
said everything
that I really
wanted to say
at the time
that it was needed
instead of later
the next day
I would not
need to scribble
into letters
words that could not
find their way
from my head
to my mouth
lost, blindly shuffling
traveling south
If I could have
posted
all these notes
to everyone
I've ever met
I would love
to see their faces
smiling at what I
should have said
Rene~June 2012
For Magpie Tales
Image Credit:
Still Life, 1670, detail by Jean François de Le Motte
haha....seeing their faces at what i should have said...now that would be priceless...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI love this! If only I could say it the way I display it! You put my thoughts (or lack thereof) into the perfect verse.
ReplyDeleteRick
great take on the prompt, your poem is fresh
ReplyDeleteAnd I wish I could have said all this lot! *smiles*
ReplyDeleteOooof, yea...me too! Excellent!
ReplyDeleteWe've all been tongue-tied at one time or another ... your poem describes the feelings nicely.
ReplyDeletehindsight! sigh.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, we’ve all been there - thought of the witty riposte or put-down much to late. Or worse scratching atround for the right words of comfort when a friend is in need.
ReplyDeleteI have not forgotten the lovely note from you on New Year's...
ReplyDeleteWho amongst us hasn't felt this very way?
ReplyDeleteThis is so relatable........in my life, so many thousands of words, but at the most crucial moments not able to say the right ones. Great writing!
ReplyDeleteGosh. I understand this so well. I often think I wish I had...
ReplyDeleteLovely poem.
P.S.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
Wow, I really like your poems! I also write poems but in my own language, in Finnish. Great job, keep it up! :)
ReplyDeletexoxo
Susanna
http://susanna-behindmyeyes.blogspot.com
Terrific!
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Wow, that's totally heart-string pulling. Love that.
ReplyDeleteMakes me think of the movie I just saw--"seeking a friend for the end of the world" that has a letter story in it too. Brilliant movie. I'd love to read a prose based on that.