8


"8" 

Why do you write?
he says,
Why do you read?
I respond.

you could read
words and miss
the meanings
where others won’t

the words 
placed on a felt table
chalk on a cue stick
twisting, easily slide 

to touch 
the meanings 
you take your shot 
into the corner pocket

missed

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

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Paula Goldsmith

January 20, 2023 at 8:45 AM

Love your questions. Many readers miss the meanings of the words/write. Good ending. Have a great/blessed~ day/weekend writing away.................

Lady Labyrinth

January 20, 2023 at 12:21 PM

Just write...and see what/who presents themselves, front and centre. I read somewhere here once, it is up to the reader to interpret meanings. There will be many different individual interpretations; what the writer is uniquely transmitting in its original meaning, will be understood by another, sonar-like, possessing strong intuition and a sense of high empathy. Just write..poems, like people in this life, are won and lost, lost and won.