The Common Tongue

One of the more elite works from the cycles of she-who-must-not-be-named (can you tell I saw "Harry Potter..." over the weekend?)

the common tongue (Speak plainly and with truth)

the orthography of poets
belongs in poetry.
not in words spoken
in pain or anger or fear
of losing something or someone
held so dear
that you feel death upon you.
that is a time for the babysteps
of simple words, where commonality
is more likely true. a basic
tongue where truths are not
garbled amid the noise of well meaning
friends who read letters like
Rorschach tests and listened that night
you raved until late, finding hate
in wounded love and bitter tears.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.