head full of sparks
sparrow song at dawn and
sundrops along the walking trail
lit my brain with sparking neurons–
an electricity too fast
to become finger taps later,
emerging in letter-shaped burns,
black lines left
where an idea struck,
meaning smudged,
a half-remembered dreamscape
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I can relate to the inspirations that come from walking and their ability to disappear. I especially like the final two lines.
“sparrow song..sparking…sundrops…burns..smudges…” Such wonderful word choices framing your images.
Oh, the fleeting nature of inspiration striking with inconvenient timing. I feel the longing for what probably would have been pretty awesome, but that in turn makes this a pretty awesome poem.
Oh this!
Your words dance rhythmically. The vivid words describing the rapid firing neurons. And then trying to keep up.
This last line…
“a half-remembered dreamscape”
I love the summarization with this line. Also, frustrating!!
So beautiful.
ahhhhh, yessss:
letter-shaped burns,
black lines left
where an idea struck,
meaning smudged,
a half-remembered dreamscape