A Word Is Just A Word Poem by RIC BASTASA

a word is just a word
and it may come from somewhere else
from a very far place
because a word like a bird has wings
and it has feet and it may hover
on my hair and make a nest there

like this poem
and that poem of pain and that poem of joy
and that poem that you have read and
made me the man crying in pain inside those lines

for a poem is just a poem
and it may come from somewhere else
from a very far, far place
about someone else
because a poem is like a bird with wings
with feet and with feathers and it may hover
inside my heart
and make a house there
and i am there too
emphatizing.