I fixed a poem in the text

I penned a poem in a text

And it ran right across.

I attempted to have it fixed,

mounted to the page,

From where it ran astray.

I thought

A tack would pin its rougish feet.
Yet

Foot by foot it abandoned

the page,

Until words were sheltered

in the depths of a lake.

I heard them slosh

Splish splash

Child-like sounds in abandon make.
Then, in a passing moment

Bluish strains emerged

The lake- a swirl of paint,

Surely,

’Twas the lapping waves

That sounded the words,

Luring me to tempt them out

Mocking in merriment

Wrestling with my arms,

That tried to gather them.

Oh! My ink washed away!

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7 responses to “I fixed a poem in the text”

  1. Simply Wow! What a beautiful composition 🙂

    1. Thank you, the composition speaks of the banality of writing.

  2. Loved the last sentence💚💚💚💚

  3. Thank you, very much!

    1. Inspired by a theory, no piece of work can actually belong to an author who births it.

    2. Lovely thought….!! Never thought of writing im that way

      1. Hi Jaya, yes it suddenly struck me that a thought or words/ cluster of letters never belongs to an author, they are like traipsing children, escaping the author’s attempt to capture them.

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