"Eating Words"
If solitude in the blazing sun I earn,
and all I have is writing, I’d burn.
Because from three in the morning to the afternoon
I could bleed the juice of love or war,
concentrated thought, and pretty soon
I’d find the thing I was searching for.
If pain’s my butler and exhaustion maid,
for all the spare time I would trade
my money, my strength, even my life
for the continued use of a creative mind.
I’m stuck in silence, so all I can do
to keep my sanity is marry the mind.
If barren sands or shriveled reef,
or forest full of nature’s boon
are all I see, and will always be;
I’m sure they’ll be my friends in time.
In the night before my lonely fire,
the pen and paper can record my rhyme.
A me without language is a dammed-up stream.
But with nothing else I could always survive.
For with every drop of ink I’d meanly dive
into the world of words and silver dreams.