I can still feel them
The reverberations
Of countless words
Deeply in my life
Words of unending love
Words of raging anger
Words of deepening joy
Words of transcendental sorrow
Reverberations
Some bouncing harmlessly
Around the periphery of life
Others tearing through
The underbrush and hedges
Caressing gently
Pounding torrentially
Moving in confirming waves
Shredding like a hail of gunfire
All these words
Words in and words out
Continual
Relentless
A marching army
Building
Destroying
Tearing
Repairing
Bringing life
Carrying death
Bearing healing
Bestowing havoc
Bring your words
High with reverb
Trigger-happy
Malicious or benevolent
Consider the end
The final effect
The power
The reverberation
© Ron Simpson Jr.
July 3, 2024
