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My favorite word. . . now what could that be? To choose it, I have to think so carefully. If I choose by its meaning, I simply can’t find one word most important; this boggles my mind. My favorite word. Oh, how can I choose? What if I go by the one I most use? I’d have to choose something like “a,” “the” or “and.” Such words are too boring and surely not grand. My favorite word. Now here is a thought. I love pretty words, so my favorite ought to be one poetic! But such words abound. I’ll narrow them down to my favorite sound! Words spring to my mind such as eloquence, splendid, bliss, and ephermal; hence, there’s something inside each word I can tell is similar. All of them have the sound L! How lilting between vowels in words like “Aloha.” How lively in Christmas refrains: Fa La La! L is Luscious and Lissome. It has eLegance. It’s Luna, Lavender, and Luminescence! And now I’ve arrived at ONE word. It has wings! Like a beautiful angel, this word I think sings! It comes from the Bible; a woman of fame had a bit longer form of this beautiful name. Delilah – in Hebrew and Arabic too - a name most delightful has been shortened to LILAH! This simple name rolls off the tongue. It’s a languishing lass, lovelorn and young. Perhaps a touch sultry with light in her eyes! Be it Lyla or Layla; I hear lullabyes to lull me to Slumberland; my soul will take flight on a dream word that means lovely girl of the night! Aug. 21, 2019 for Chantelle Anne Cooke's "Favorite Word" Poetry Contest (I have written a few poems employing this name Lilah, one entitled "Lilah of the Lilacs." If I had had a second daughter, I think Lilah would have been my name for her! Also, I actually had a cat once that liked to snip at our legs, so I had named her Lilah Vampira!)
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