You twist my words,
Turning and truncating them
Into something new,
Slowly before my eyes.
Letters shape and move,
Syntax slicing through
My nuance, creating
Something I do not recognise.
Screaming the meaning,
Disbelieving, I try to explain.
Flowing freely the words fall
Into the air, landing
In neat phrases again.
Punctuated carefully,
Crafted with thought,
Clear units of understanding.
Not content with my content
You begin to twist again,
Tearing my clause with your
Claws until you shred
And redefine, replacing indentifiers
With qualifiers. Reform, transform,
New form, is born, and it’s all
Linguistically alien to me.
My metaphorical meaning
Falls heavy on the proverbial deaf ears
Of your page. Erased.
Twisted. Twisted. Twisting,
Twisting, again and again
Over and over. Tighter
They coil, compressing, conjugating,
Erupting inevitably, uncontrollably,
Words spill at will
Angrily and meaningly,
Lexicalising into the contextless
world, where they wait.
Drained by denotation.
Choking on connotation.
You twisted my words.
My words twist you.
I used to write a lot of poetry but haven’t used it much as a genre here, although I would like to include it more. Some of the other poems I have posted are: Waiting – a haiku, He Wanted Red and 30 Orgasms and a dribble
Powerful and emotive
Thank you ?
You should write more poetry here…Now I need to reflect on your words…there seem to be so many themes.
Thank you – I quite enjoyed myself actually so I think I will try ?
Love your poetry and look forward to you sharing more. This poem is powerful, and really spoke to me in the light of recent events.
Rebel xox
Thanks Rebel. I forgot how much I enjoyed playing with words ?
Not content with my content
You begin to twist again,
Tearing my clause with your
Claws until you shred
So powerful! And written so nicely. I hope we see more poetry in the future 🙂
Aww thank you Mrs K. The lovely feedback has really helped. It’s always quite nerve wracking to do something different ?
Beautiful..
Thank you ?
damn, worse when people twist their own words. I’ll survive the twisting of my words 😉
I do know what you mean ?
intelligent. I suppose you should write more poetry, Missy
Thank you Mary ?
That is neat Missy – particularly the last verse – it is funny how words can be twisted – because at the end of the day what something means to one person may be different to another. And u know – that’s All right 😉
xx
Yes you are right. I suppose sometimes people want their own interpretation to be they key one. Also sometimes I think the it’s because the person whose words are twisted actually carries some weight. ?
A breathtaking poem. So many ways to take this, so many areas this could apply to. I love it.
Thank you Lord Raven. That means a lot to me ?
So well written. Concise and letting the mind wander through each stanza. I look forward to more!
Thank you very much. I am definitely feeling encouraged by the lovely feedback. missy x
Beautiful poem missy, I do hope you write more. Xx
Aww thank you gem. I have had some lovely feedback so that it really encouraging. I think I will try. missy x
This was flowing so nicely Missy. I love the rhymes here and there, and the rhythm. You can tell you know how to write poetry
Well I take that as a huge compliment but I wouldn’t say I know how to write poetry. Analyse it perhaps. But I will take that from someone who knows about writing, and I will enjoy it. Thank you ❤️
Well, I’m not an expert on poetry but when it makes me feel and flows nice, I think it’s hit the nail on the head ?