Sunday, March 04, 2007

driven all the way

looking for the right words
need is hard
like a big nail
hit so hard
it is countersunk
in a living tree

its like an illness
the only illness
the final illness
the one that cures me

I’m dying of something worse


This poem was originally published in Autumn Leaves

4 comments:

Pat Paulk said...

Congratulations!! Just got my issue of "Autumn Leaves" and lo and behold there you are. I think you find your words just fine!!

Russell Ragsdale said...

Thanks Pat! I'm glad a talented fellow such as yourself has no idea how hard I have to search for those words. Thanks for the encouraging comment, my friend!

Sue hardy-Dawson said...

the right words in the right order Russel

Russell Ragsdale said...

Thanks Sue! I always seem to struggle so to find those word and places. I'm glad for once it worked. Thanks for the comment, sweet lady.