A Plea for Words

I have a confession.

I collect words.

I hoard phrases
that catch my attention
as my eyes skim across a page.


I make hostages of word families
that stroll along the paths in my mind.

Like these:

* * * *
dissecting her own demented time
fractured and quivering hearts amplify
dragons at the gate
hope's hostage
soaring aloft on an updraft of love
to the fresh light of resurrection
emerging from the shadow of your darkness
* * * *

When I'm bursting with the urge to write,
I pull them out and let them
arrange themselves poetically.

Right now, I'm running a little low.
I haven't been catching words before they run away.


Do you have words lying around,
not being used, filling up a page or two
in a catch-all journal
that you might share with me?

Some of you pluck such beautiful words
right out of your imaginations
and paste them on the page,
like the Creator hanging stars on the sky.

Like
Rebecca,
Sweetest in the Gale,
Beth, Elk, Relyn,
Deb, Kat (Poetikat)
Michelle (Poefusion)
and Reya.

Please.
Let's trade words and phrases.
Feel free to borrow mine
and see where they lead you.