Daver Austin Poet Free verse

Communication

COMMUNICATION

He spoke so softly, so lovingly,
Words that caught a summer morning’s breeze
And they flew about the sleepy town
Gathering aroma, color and body
From the various flowers
And from the various trees

Oh there were garden flowers and wild flowers
Oh yes, but there were unruly green weeds.
There grew the sturdy oak, the weeping willow,
But there were sick trees with rotting fruit had
       lately gone to seed

Well, the caring breeze swept right along,
But was cruelly changed by negative flow,
And words of honey began to sour
In blazing sun and rooster crow

Thus was born a tale old as Babel,
A semantic puzzle don’t you see
All aint sweetness, loving, lightsome.
Careless mouths don’t blend together
Through human fault and fickle weather

Dave Austin

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Cecilia Macfarlane July 9, 2015 at 4:00 PM Dave, this is awesome! Words change when retold numerous times and end up not what was actually said, so many negative word twisters out there. Excellent write! Hugs

Harry Horsman July 9, 2015 at 3:47 PM Oh this is good Daver, both sides to the extreme.. like the last line here, and the visual...

Joe Maverick June 28, 2015 at 1:34 PM Well there are always plusses and minuses in this ole world, having recognised such I prefer to focus on the better possibility's..' I hope all is well with you and all you know, Daver wishing you all the very best..'

Andrea Dietrich June 27, 2015 at 5:02 PM Stunning poetry and imagery, my friend!

Jaycee Cervenka June 26, 2015 at 1:24 AM Words to spoil a relationship, carelessly touted bring the winds of change. Nice one Dave. Thanks for visiting my waltz. Janet