Monday, July 26, 2021

streams of words

the streams of words
that flow through my mind
usually never reach my lips
I sit wanting to tell you
all that lies inside my head
then I leave with unspoken words
one day my nerves will harden
and I will say them aloud


16 comments:

  1. My brain leaves a ton unsaid, too. I feel this, deeply.

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  2. Yes, there's a lot that goes unsaid. Sometimes it's a relief. Usually it's a regret.

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  3. Some things may be better left unsaid! Well done!

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  4. I feel this so much:

    "then I leave with unspoken words
    one day my nerves will harden
    and I will say them aloud"

    Sometimes, I wish I could have said what I wanted to say in the moment. Other times, I wish I never said anything at all, but I guess that's just how we live through it--trial and error. You write this beautifully and poignantly. I'm getting the imagery of the narrator hoping to stick up for themselves, with the unsaid awaiting upon their lips beyond that moment.

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  5. I think you've captured a quintessential element of the human condition. Hopefully we can all get up the nerve to say our unspoken words aloud when it matters.

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  6. Nice one Arcadia. Will all the unspoken words ever really be heard?

    Thanks for dropping by to read mine

    Much💜love

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  7. Nicely composed. So often I have "...streams of words
    that flow through my mind [and] usually never reach my lips..."

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  8. Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

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  9. Pushing feeling into words. Well done.

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  10. Not being able to express what is in your heart, your mind is a frustration many feel ... this quadrille describes that feeling well.

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  11. Often when I'm filled with words unsaid I turn to pen and paper.... Great poem.

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  12. I would love to have a jack to plug into my thoughts and have them download into a word processor or video or podcast, just to get them out of my head.

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  13. "leave with unspoken words."
    This is something I experience often.

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  14. Beautiful! I hope those words make their way out one day :-)

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