What I Want to Write
I want to take pieces of hearts
And write them whole
I want to reach into your soul
Find the places
Where you are bleeding
And find the words
To staunch the flow
I want to reach back
Through time
And in rhythm and rhyme
Trace history
Yours and mine
I want to see
Into the future
To the day we meet
Then write us back to now
So I can see the path
That leads me to you
If only my words
Could give me that clue
I want to write the stars
Stealing stardust as I do
So that when we finally meet
I can offer it to you
I will write words
Around my heart
A fortress for my pain
But I will also write
The key to my own lock
And let you use
My own words
Against me
Then maybe you will be
The one to set me free
I want to write peace
And prosperity
If only I could find the words
That spread love and equality.
If the pen is mightier
Than the sword;
Can poems vanquish guns?
And if the words are sung
Can we show
Every child
That they are loved?
Does it take music or dance
In addition to the words
For peace to stand a chance?
Is there some missing thing
That the words lack
Needed to make
Black and white
Just the ends
Of a grey scale
And not differing experiences
Of the human condition?
What words
Will banish animosity
So that the luminosity
Of a complexion
And the vibrancy
Of a personality
Are all that we see
When we look at
The faces of the world?
Those are the words
I need to find
So that people can know
That we are all the divine.
That me and mine
Are no better than you or yours,
That the different shores
That we call home
Are on the same planet.
Some day
We will look back
Knowing what those words were
But for now I will keep searching
Putting word after word
Until I find the ones
That do all these things
And you
