Poetry by Tim Windisch

Words


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Words

Words use to come so easy from my mind, never had to search

they were simple to find

But today I’m not having any luck, it’s like I’m trying to

drive my car but suddenly I’m blind

Can’t make any sense out of the street sign, nonsense it’s

like I’m looking at a Rorschach design

I don’t know why my world’s gone black cause yesterday I

thought everything would be fine

Words come out sometimes, detouring my heart, something in

my head tears the whole plan apart

The end is an ugly mess that leaves so many open wounds that

I don’t quite know where to start

Though my head started the mess, it wasn’t even the whole

thing I really must confess

Just the part of my mind that can no longer seem to function

without your head on my chest

Words, my mother told me, were my gift; she cautioned to be

careful, for they could cause a rift

If you let them fly in anger or confusion, rather than

expressing your love and trying to give a lift

They could cut like a sharp knife through the air, causing

great harm so be sure you take care

Use them instead to reassure the one you love that you are

still here, and you will always be there

Words like the ones that boiled out of my head, that passed

without thought make me wish I were dead

Because honey I’d rather have perished without having used

them to bring you more pain instead

Love is really all I want to make known, instead my lack of

patience seems to be all that was shown

Forgiveness is all I ask, just to have another chance to

replace the one that I have blown

Words can’t fix everything that’s definitely true, but they

can help you understand why I was blue

All I ever wanted since the day we met was to be lucky

enough to be in love with you

Words are all I have, words I can’t use to hold you; words I

can’t kiss your lips with, words can’t undo

Words have caused you to cry and I feel bad, words making

you doubt instead of being glad

Words I shouldn’t have said swung like an ax, me spewing my

mindless verbal attacks

Words I can’t just simply take back or erase, words left us

with tear stains on our face

Words like I love you are all I should say, cause those are

the words I live by each day

Words that say you’re the best thing that ever happened to

me, baby please stay

Words like these, the only words that matter…

I love you babe

Tim Windisch

04/17/2023

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