I Get It Now

My first thoughts went
all the wrong ways
Not what you meant
using that phrase
I was perplexed
by your context
I’m clear now dear

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2022

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

From Brain to Tongue

The words lingered
in the silence
To be unheard
the preference
But said aloud
into a crowd
meant they would stay

(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2019