I Write for Others

[johnjgeddes]

I write for lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.
—Dylan Thomas

Words are only things
I use to construct
A world,

No better or worse
Than this one…

They’re dark letters
I use to draw
A picture,

Cross thatching
Shadows of pain
With drops of rain.

I'm not in control
But shattered,

My words
Broken too,

Come out as sobs
And I let them—

Let them
Fall to the ground

Where everything
Dark and numb belongs.

© 2024, John J Geddes. All rights reserved

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