The Words are Water

Give them flow

Your words are not words not mere strings of letters positioned for lip-flight and sound Your words must flow dripping like a river, dumping cool and quickly across your lips They will tumble downstream pouring abstract concepts into sounds of gushing letters When all the wet meanings trickle together to create deep ponds no longer will you gasp with thirst.

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Written in response to David S’s prompt, “Poetic Parable.”

©DEF, 2019

D. E. Fulford is a writer who composes (mostly) verse on love, overcoming adversity, and pain — among other topics. If you’d like to read more, please visit and follow her blog. Thank you for reading!