Bones of My Life

a world where words
are bones
bricks
the building blocks
of a dramatic design.
feel too much?
I feel too much.
think too much?
I think too much too.
you never knew
what power
your words could have.
sticks and stones--
never. bones heal.
my words, my words
heal the bones
your words break.
and when written properly
uncover the buried form
of a previously undiscovered
poem.
I am an architect.
I am an archaeologist.
I make words into bones
and with them build my life.

~November of 2002