Writing is everything
writing is the blue within the sky
that whistle within the wind
the little piece of spume whiteness
that sits atop an ocean wave
without writing there is nothing
just madness without a reason
writing is the highest number
in the universe
that final equation to a problem
writing is greater than a women’s love
nothing can match it
nothing can come close to it
writing is
greater than money
greater than you
greater than me
it is the only thing left
after the books and education
have failed you
writing is the ultimate psychiatrist
it is a thousand years of struggle
squeezed into a few words
and the structure that keeps the walls
from falling in
writing is intricate like the mechanism of a fine watch
it is tedious like a thin thread
that slides through the eye of a needle
writing is the thing that keeps the
bullets locked in the dresser drawer
it is the Elohim
with the smell of liquor on his breath
and a madman who is howling at the moon
writing is that safe place
under the kitchen table in a child’s mind
it is words and truth
it is a pardon from the death chamber
that last candle burning
in the darkness of the world
and writing is the final word
written on the last page
of life..
- Ken Riccio original poems ©
