Words
Silent Solitude: Unveiling the Depths of Words by Lucinda Williams
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I would rather suffer sweet silent solitude
I prefer to endure peaceful, quiet isolation
Deathly defiant from drowning out
Fiercely resistant to being overwhelmed or silenced
Filthy sounds stumbling, ugly and cruel
Unpleasant sounds stumble clumsily, appearing harsh and unkind
Between the lips of your beautiful mouth
Amidst the beauty of your mouth, conveying a stark contrast
Deep down within me words move in phases
Words within me undergo different stages of expression
Frozen and still until they decide
Remaining motionless until they decide to become fluid
To melt and drip over the pages
Flowing and dripping onto the pages once they thaw
Until that moment they live inside
Existing within me until the moment they are externalized
My words enjoy the feel of the paper
My words find comfort in being written on paper
Better than me, lay with your consonants
They find solace in the arrangement of consonants
Once they get going they never waver
Once initiated, they persist without faltering
And they slip in between your if, ands, and buts
They insert themselves amidst uncertainties and conditions
When my words are hiding between the lines
When my words are concealed within the lines of text
Then I'm afraid they won't hear me call
I fear they might not respond to my call
What if they fail me without a sign?
Anxiety about them failing me without warning
What if they hardly surface at all?
Concern about their limited emergence
Screaming and throwing your weight around
Expressing frustration and asserting oneself forcefully
My words choose knowledge over politics
My words prioritize knowledge over political influences
You can't kill my words...they know no bounds
Asserting that words cannot be extinguished; they have no limits
My words are strong and they don't make me sick
Claiming that words are robust and do not make the speaker ill
They still remain my only companion
Emphasizing that words remain the speaker's only consistent companion
Boiling truth to the very end
Boiling down truth until the very end of expression
They'll never ever completely abandon
Assuring that words will never completely abandon the speaker
Ever give up the paper and the pen
Persisting with the tools of writing—paper and pen
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