Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New Poem: "Special"


Carry on Tuesday Prompt #44: Opening line of Isabel Allende's 1999 novel Daughter of Fortune:
"Everyone is born with some special talent."

"Special"

"Everyone is born with
some special talent,"
.....II heard in soothing tones.
No consolation, that.
If everyone is "special,"
then no one really is,

.....I hiss under my breath.

What a horrid word: "special":
.....cliche'.
.....overused.
.....meaningless.

So many vibrant thoughts
.....tremble at the tip of my pen:
.........."holy."
.........."sacred."
.........."consecrated."
God-Words, these are,
.....not people-words.
Kingdom-Thoughts
.....brimming with sincere promises,
.....all Yes! in Christ.

Once again I bend,
.....touch nib to paper.
.....allow myself to flow
..........freely and powerfully
......... across virgin pages.
Copyright 2010 by Susanne Barrett



3 comments:

Julie Jordan Scott said...

I worry that someday people will find holy, sacred and consecrated to be overused.

Let's hope and pray NOT.

Lovely poem....

Lilibeth said...

I think we're on the same wavelength on this assignment.

Jane D. said...

Beautiful poem Susanne x.

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