A Word on a Page...

A word on a page spawns an infinite stage

Beckoning to the believer of ink

Curved curious creatures, a semblance of letters

Dares to reveal what we dream; what we think

Each author hears a different diction

Fiction or memoir; fantasy, fact

Groaning within us until we deliver

Heartache and hope in a word’s glorious pact

Its invitation evokes inspiration

Juxtaposed union of sorrow and joy

Keening our senses with fire and frustration

Love, loss and longing their legions deploy

Muting the minute hand; muzzling mere moments

Nothing can null the intent of their will

Oceans of thought swirl in ink-drop deliverance

Passion and poetry savagely spill

Quickening pulses or quieting worry

Raging like rivers or melting like mist

Skimming a surface of plain parchment paper

Torment and tiralee; loneliness kissed

Unearthing thought with the twist of a letter

Vexing, perplexing, then wildly set free

Word; are there any more beautiful; better?

X-ray of heart revealed in your melee

You seem inconspicuous; wee word on a page

Zenith of thought fills your infinite stage

© Janet Martin

Our home-work assignment in our Writer’s Group is to write an ‘alphabetical order piece’ starting with the phrase ‘a word on a page’. Our next meeting isn’t until January so I decided to play with the prompt this morning.