Floating Sentries

Floating Sentries Tie down words gondola soft Pure is the paper, ink is black, stamped with approval Dilemma sent, place letters in the box Feather eloquent Send them off with weathers messengers Post Office offers services Sentries who deliver mail No matter what conditions might prevail Men who catch a cold, dodge winter and snow They envelope their way through life What are words but air Carried on the wind and backs of postal men Let them fly, with a flake or two With men who hide under clouds Make deliveries through fog What are sentences but …. A group of words, air particles strung together Composing a complete thought They represent the meaning Assigned to them in any weather Created to fill in a need when snowflakes fall off Sleep now. Don’t worry. Float away on granite minded clouds Remember words when floating down and you drift off