The Words Demand
Flying above
the syntax
grammarians
far below
Lost in paradigms
yet to form
Hermes to
forego
You consummate
your writing
as you reach that
final rung
The lines you wrote
by faith alone
sing out now
zero-sum
Your editor
rejected
your publisher
is spurned
The words demand
a new command
of what you’re still
— to learn
(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)
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Philosophical meditation on writing, craft, and artistic struggle transcends personal.
Dense layering of ideas: syntax, grammar, faith, rejection, learning arc.
Melancholic struggle balanced by aspirational reaching; ultimately bittersweet and unresolved.
Fragmented syntax and compressed spacing create kinetic tension; upward movement throughout.
Approximately 10-12 lines depending on spacing; falls in 7-15 range.
Hermes allusion, personification of words/lines, metaphoric ascent, zero-sum economic imagery.
Pure lyric internal voice addressing struggle; no narrative or dramatic persona shift.
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