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Bam

I do not hear you with my brain
which cannot kick in
unless my heart jumpstarts her
and my heart is not hearing you

Brain does not comprehend until the soul yells “yes”
this happens infrequently.
there is no rhyme or method to it.
it is not a planned event.

I can read two hundred poems
without hearing you because Brain is sleeping.
dreaming of other worlds, imagining her next poem
then BAM!

Someone's words cause my soul to do a wild Watusi dance.
suddenly the heart and the mind tango.
we shimmer, shake and slide, brain, mind and soul.
we finally hear you and see you clearly.

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2021

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Gershon Wolf Date: 4/19/2021 9:10:00 PM You are the original Hawaiian Hula Girl, my friend. :) gw Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/20/2021 5:07:00 PM I can be but it could quickly change too

Quoth Theraven Date: 4/18/2021 11:42:00 AM Caren, 'I can read two hundred poems' ~~ 'then BAM!' And it was just like you said. -Richard Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/18/2021 4:32:00 PM Thank you Richard I know that's "write"

L Milton Hankins Date: 4/17/2021 1:10:00 PM I think this is often true of poets, Caren. Our brains do not comprehend until the "soul yells 'yes'". Good writing. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/17/2021 5:51:00 PM My soul reacts to writing way before my mind comprehends it