can you paint a picture with,
just words?
can you create color and texture
and size and mood and content with,
just words?
can you paint with compassion
using nothing more than,
just words?
a kiss for strokes?
passion for color?
respect for dimension?
a sweet whisper for texture?
can you paint a picture with,
just words?
what medium must you use
to create such a work of art,
how would you create such beauty,
how would you create the magic with,
just words?
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byron gates jr
just words.
...and what are the words one uses to describe a compilation?, works from my entire life?, fifty years of carrying around a yellow pad?, fifty years of writing and rewriting, changing the words, as their meanings change for me?
These pieces are extracted from my book of prose, “50 truths and 50 lies, the first 50 years.” Available Here
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