Thomas W Case

A Hell for Words and Lines that Wander

There must be
a hell where
forgotten
words and lines
dwell.
Smilies scamper,
lost like beetles.
Bat winged metaphors
fly to that dark
hell of forgotten
poems.
If those wandering
words escape, they are
gone forever.

When I swim in
the ink, and the
writing streak starts,
the prose comes to
me while I nap.
Now, I sleep with
pen and paper,
to put the words in
that white paper
prison where they
belong.