Ink on Paper
Thoughts
Abstract concepts, ideas, usually jumbled
Pen to paper
Ideas become stanzas, emotions become words of expression
Untangling my own confusion by using syllables
Short lines
Long lines that bring one to ponder the meaning of life and contemplate existence
No rules, just words
Words that explain humanity, even just a small piece of it
The ability to communicate complex ideas through a short collection of letters
Is enginuity at its finest
Once one begins to express themselves through words
It’s an addiction
Late nights spent searching for the perfect words
What am I trying to say?
What do I want to say?
Still a mystery.
I try to speak without talking
Using written text to explain myself without having to utter a single sound
Yawning at my screen, still thinking
Searching
For the words that seem far away
But right at my fingertips all the same
In my mind there’s enough ideas to fill a universe
The difficult part is finding where to put them
On paper
Or leave them where they float, out in a place without oxygen
Pen to paper
It’s a difficult thing
I can’t seem to find the words I want to say
I just want to be memorable, meaningful
A vain feeling
A feeling I wish would go away
All humans are saturated with themselves all of the time,
Everyday.
It’s impossible to escape from our ever-present thoughts
The pen to paper just transfers some.
They never disappear, they travel
To others, saturate them with my feelings
Ink on paper never stays
Words are dangerous
They can cause some to rise, and others to fall
And never get back up
Ink
It’s in my head, on my heart
It stains them with its meaning
It makes me think, it makes me feel
The part of me rarely seen
Ink is dangerous
And beautiful
Ink is the substance of words
It’s their blood, their life-force
And humans devour it
They never get enough of the simplicity, the complexity
It’s why I write
Not just poetry
But essays
Stories
I bring voices to life that people have never heard before
But they will hear them for the rest of their life
Ink is permanent
It never leaves
It affects my
Thoughts