The Lyric

The illusive lyric

how DOES it get away?

simple thoughts

in the flicker of an eye

vanish

only a ready pen will tighten the noose

around the wings of this art.

Superimposed against our lives

the lyric lies in wait

will I see this frail whisper

before it fades from site?

I'll write because I'm chosen

to give someone this word

some things I've remembered

others from the sword.