from tweet to poem

inspired by a tweet response I made...

Paper Courage

Writing

Has been so many things

Therapy, a chance to vent,

To say something important

And then remember

What it was

I said, & how I said it.

The ability to pull my thoughts

Out of the air & stair at them

To see how true they really are

Some fit in with the writing

Of my story

Fleshing it out in grand directions

Some are just a black void

Sucking the life out of my story

Scratches on the record of

My song

So I need to lift the needle & move it

So I can stop hearing the same old part

Knowing they are there

I can have the scratches taken out

Slowly

Over time

The song becomes restored

To it’s best version

Remixed

Re-recorded so the sound

Can be heard as the artist

Originally intended

Maybe this song

Will flavor your song?

Maybe this song

Or this poem

[blog post, tweet, facebook post]

will so touch you

or me

that it will become

our

paper courage

Standing in the storms

Refusing to be buried

In the snow

Or washed away

In the rain

Or blown away by the wind

Standing courageous

As proof

That you & I

Can also survive the storm

Strengthened

By it.
by b.e. noll

not so stuck at home, in the snow. 
You're only stuck if you refuse to move. 
"...one foot in front of the other, as they say, even if it's dismal, I'm guaranteed change..."
Crazy Fishes by Bearcat, from the Bearcat EP.

May His grace drip from your fingers,
B