January 29, 2025

Interpreter Required

When I say a lot of nothing
do you know what I'm trying to say?

When the wind gusts from the east
and shakes me like a beast
do you know what I mean?

When the sun rises warming me
and all the sunshine reminds me
do you know who I see?

When the moon sits consistent,
with stillness of the silent witness
do you perceive its significance?

Each word a door
to a silent emotion in a room
each barred and locked
with whispering secrets seeping through

They escape in metaphors
mingled with the changing weather
and leak to the floor to puddle
around a disappearing coded letter

I say a lot of nothing 
and it can get in the way
but at the end of the day, 
do you know what I'm trying to say?

-Les'Nspired