Transparent Words - Poetry

 

Words

by Victoria Tarrani

 
Words--
It is a habit,
it is constant,
it goes on day and night,
night and day.
Casually,
I read
dictionaries.
I didn't know
I knew
so many words
so many meanings.
Words
I just accept
as daily life
daily bread--
words
fill me
with delight
Thesaurus,
mighty wizard,
the path you set
so long ago
has taken me
to heaven
to hell
from incomprehensible
through dubious and obscure
to the Magic Kingdom
of sounds and syllables.
Words
the flying carpet
takes me deep
into the pits
of etymology
where fragments
tiny bits of words
link into
the chain of life.
I cannot take
a simple breath.
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The end...the beginning.

 

 

 

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