I linger on the written phrase

Feeling the struggle in each word

Empathy swirling through the haze

As the mind sifts through what it heard

Or

I smile at the clever wit within a line

Like buried treasure to be revealed

Clues to decipher and then combine

That lead to precious jewels concealed

Or

I read through the somber tone

An emotion that moves my soul

A truth that chills to the bone

Honesty in the words that takes its toll

Or

There are the lines that make me laugh

Lift up my heart and bring me joy

Words that take me down a different path

A lighthearted journey on which to deploy

So

Thank you all for sharing a thought

Of your emotions and your complexities

Little moments in time that were caught

And exposed in written lines of poetry