National Poetry Month, v.7.0, Day 15

So, yesterday, I was just being quiet and sort of enjoying some solitude and it hit me:  WHAM, out-of-the-blue, there it was:  THE PHRASE I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD.  Usually, for me, this is a good thing.  There have been some bad phrases over the years, and some downright scary ones at that, but this....this is one of those rare occasions when it was right - like the world made sense all of a sudden, in all the ways that in your hopes and dreams you can scarcely imagine.  Yeah, it's kind of a great moment when those things come along - like catching lighting in a bottle.  It's pretty amazing.  I wish I could share the particular phrase with you, but I can't yet.  It will happen, and hopefully not too far off in the future, but for now, I have to keep this little gem to myself.  BUT - I can share the experience - and THAT is today's poem.

Thanks for reading,

Me

phrase

there are times when,
sitting alone in the peaceful garden of the mind,
a few words come together,
that seem to have no meaning,
until they are said out loud.
they form a phrase,
a mantra,
a code,
a philosophy -
a way of looking at things that suddenly makes sense,
and it's not always good - you have to look out for those ones.

but when it is good,
and the words drip from your tongue like fresh honey from the comb,
and it reaches in,
deeper than you thought it could,
and grabs the root of you,
holding fast and shaking with a rapturous violence
unlike anything you've ever felt,
you look on the page or screen
and know instantly
that it is beautiful,
and that it came from inside you.