Shownotes
One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.
Not mine anymore
Avalon
If my words are my own
They are all that I have
Except... that’s not quite right
If my words are my own
They abandon me when I most need it
And, that never feels right
My words are my own
And they blink in and out
A lighthouse on the shore
While I’m drowning
My words are my own
And others desperately pry them out of me
A clam with a pearl
A person blinded by the reward
My words are my own
They yearn to hear it
My words are my own
My words are my-
My words are-
My words-
My words are my own
I cannot repeat them
Utterance loses meaning
If my words are my own
Why must I give them away?
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