Monday, May 26, 2014

When Thought Takes Wing


At some point
it happens to all of us,

a clever thought which struck us 
like a bolt of mental lightning
gets lost somewhere between 
the kitchen and the bedroom,

and while you may laugh
as your thoughts sprout wings
like uncatchable butterflies
after their metamorphous,

the poet will mourn and wonder 
if that thought might have become 
the one bit of poignant prose 
that made a difference.



Ken Owen  Van Niddy Press  May 2014

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