Gathering words
nonstop,

writing,
capturing thoughts,

recalling
old memories

rephrasing
on paper,

creating
images,

words filling
our minds,

sometimes
moving faster

than we
can write.

This is how
we keep

our souls
explore ourselves.

 

Janet Cormier is a painter, writes prose and poetry, and performs comedy. Janet prefers different and original over pretty. She loves collecting stuff, but cleaning not so much. Janet also talks to strangers. A lot. Her column appears weekly on Oddball Magazine.

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