more than words can say (For Writers)

there is a world

outside of storybooks

outside of ink

on stark white page

something that can not

be captured

in any net of words

no matter how tight

the knots

--Megan 

A Word from a Bumblebee

we are all Underestimated

Shoved into groups

and Statistics

told not to move

so that nobody has to reEvaluate

That requires work

crammed into Boxes

the size of two fists

Pressed together

The apparent size of

simple, understandable brains

boxes are organized

rows, patterns, stripes

whatever They deem fit

a Smirk down noses

too high in the Air

they call us Numbers

and numbers. don’t. talk.

Period.

here, We separate

because You accept the fates

in Your mind, they makes sense

but all You know

are the facts they have

courteously taught You

you don’t Jump

because you can’t Fly

a fact—yes?

have you tried

fact is what you Make it

they have no say

they tell you a Wrong answer

is Bad. a Mistake.

but what is “right”

the opposite of Left

Both eventually lead you

where you want to go

It’s the experience—

the Story—

that matters

you made the Journey

the arrival is already known

what story do you have

inside the two-fist Box

It may be the size of your brain

but could anything that

Small possibly contain

all of your Ideas

told to “think Outside the box”

told that it is Hard

but the box is Rigid

—small—

there’s a whole

World outside

Ignore their “right”

take your Left

Get out of the box

breathe some Lighter air

Find that summit

and look down at the Pattern

The pattern that told you

Your Wings Are Too Small

let those wings spread

and Make the underSide

of the Sky

don’t be afraid to fly

--Megan