I
Gigantic ideas
Shrink, shrivel while journeying
From mind to paper.
II
The glow in my head
Darkens as clumsy fingers
Cannot grasp the words.
III
My passionate dreams,
Impotent, cannot swim through
Moats surrounding them.
IV
I cannot convey
The spirit driving my soul;
Too gassy for flesh!
V
Glorious aura,
So bright, swims within the mind—
But drowns in dark ink.
VI
That numinous world,
Sieved through sensory prisms—
Bland leftover stew.
VII
Words contaminate—
Deadly pathogens poison
Crisp thoughts, infect minds.
(8/8/10)