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when the words dissolve upon our tongues

Dressed-up words

misguide our naked thoughts

far more than naked thoughts

influence the use of dressed-up words.

 

Words can be a narcissistic cover-up

or

masks expressing secondary emotions,

even if the wordsmith

is begging to be

needed.

 

If one desires to communicate

with a purer intent,

to cut through language's sinew

of misinterpretation,

and into truth's marrow,

 

such communication can happen

within wordless silence

where blooms

touch

waves

salt

sweat

true north,

 

pantings

in the cold;

the swelling heat

of iron ignition.

 

When my tongue dissolves the words,

laps up innuendos

and syntax errors of reality

from in-between

the honeyed surface

of language,

over-stimulation

spins me deliriously.

 

If

this

needs a pause,

a breath to breathe,

to feel the distance,

 

our wavelengths

will never cease

to communicate.

 

 

 

September 12th, 2015

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chris-d-aechtner-1
M / Canadian
Published
Sep 13, 2015
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#words#narcissism#twist#transmitter#receiver
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