Do I Choose the Words?
Or do they choose me? - My 400th Vocal Piece!!!!
Sometimes,
the words just come to me
Flow right through me
so easily
The perfect combination
Of words, sounds
The perfect structure
Other times
they take a lot of effort
There's a chase and effort to exert
I wonder at times
if I choose the words
or if they choose me
to pay them forwards
The vessel, the messenger
of the good, the bad and the ugly
That needs to be said,
without fear,
clearly
The pleasant and pleasurable,
comfortable and comforting
The unpleasant and uncomfortable,
unpleasurable and discomforting
Thoughts and feelings
That will break down boundaries and barriers
That will break down obdurancy and obnoxiousness
Make you think
Ponder, ruminate and meditate
Make you feel
Seen, heard, and understood
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Thanks for reading!
Author's Note: This is my 400th published work on Vocal! Yay! Some further inspiration and thoughts.
Here are a couple of others:
You can also read my other work here.
About the Creator
Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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Comments (17)
Congratulations on 400 (and 1) stories!!! I loved this piece, it was tantalizing in the way the words just flow and have a powerful impact! This was such an inspiring and uplifting piece about what it feels like to be an author!! 💖 Great work Paul!
CONGRATS ON YOUR 400TH (!!!!!!!!!!) PIECE, PAUL! WOW! That is truly amazing, and this piece was absolutely the most perfect piece to celebrate that huge milestone! Loved the words in this and the thoughtfulness behind them! So proud of your accomplishment and so grateful for each of the pieces I get to read by you! Hope you celebrated!
Wooohooooo! Congratulations on your 400th piece! You're freaking brilliant Sir Paul Shakespeare! 🍩🥐
Congrats on 400! 👌🥳👌🥳👌 And what a brilliant work to celebrate with. I always love a poem that teaches me a new word, too! obdurancy - had to be googled! Nice ❤️🕊️✨
<3
400th Published Work?! Congratulations, Paul! 🥳 This poem is a fitting tribute to that accomplishment. I admire "Do I Choose the Words?" One of my favorite passages is "I wonder at times if they choose me to pay them forwards/The vessel, the messenger of the good, the bad and the ugly..." I am already looking forward to your 500th work! 💙🥳💙
Congrats on 400 stories! What an accomplishment!
WOW! 400! You are a word machine, my friend. Congrats!!! The poem was excellent by the way. I had to look up obdurancy, lol. Sounds to me like it should be the word of the day. Enjoy your Saturday, Paul. And maybe celebrate with an endless helping of doughnuts and noodles!
What a wonderful choice of words to celebrate this amazing milestone! I remember when you were just breaching 100. Congrats on this accomplishment. And I loved the thoughts behind this piece :)
Great work
400 🤯🤯🍩🍩🍩🍩! Wow, congratulations! This was another great one too!
Superb!!
Congrats on your 400 milestone! Yes, my feelings on that change from day to day. Sometimes it seems to just flow and all you have to do is be messenger...other times you have to bleed each word. Good work as always!
Now, that's relatable and a question I can ponder for a while. Well written, Paul and congratulations on 400!
Great poem! 😀♥️❤️💙
Very good Paul and 400 wow! I really enjoyed this piece in particular it's fitting at the moment since I am chasing words at the moment that keep eluding me
Congrats on 400! Great piece