{"id":5312,"date":"2019-03-07T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2019-03-06T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:15:53","slug":"melissa-silva-this-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5312","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Silva “This Word”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melissa Silva<\/h1>\n

This Word<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yes, even this word,
\nthis one word,
\nthis very word,
\nthis,
\nthis word on the page,
\nthis page,
\nthis page that you touch,
\nthis word that you see,
\nthis word that you hear,
\nand all it invokes,
\ngood, bad, indifferent,
\nvivid or not so vivid,
\na memory, a feeling,
\nan experience, a sentiment,
\na sight, a sound,
\nthis word that is a word
\nof many words and sounds that you
\nthink, say, hear, and sing
\nevery moment of every day,
\nthe sound even of your own breath,
\nyour own breath, now
\nas you hear this,
\nas you read this,
\nthis word, and you,
\nin this very moment,
\nthis you,
\nthis person reading,
\nthis person listening to
\nthis word,
\nthis sound,
\nand everyone, everything,
\nsurrounding you,
\nalive, and not alive,
\nanimate and inanimate,
\nother people,
\na chair, a table,
\na room, a home,
\na window,
\nand outside that window,
\nthe paths,
\nthe sidewalks,
\nthe buildings,
\nthe trees,
\nthe animals,
\nthe insects,
\nthe air,
\nthe sky,
\nwhich all feels so definite and
\ndefined,
\nso permanent,
\nso real,
\nso touchable,
\nso ineffable,
\nwill not last,
\nwill fade,
\nwill wear down,
\nwill wither,
\nwill decay,
\nwill pass away,
\nwill end,
\nand cease to be.<\/p>\n

\n

Melissa Silva<\/strong><\/span> is a Poet and Buddhist living in Arlington, MA., who loves words and the sound of one hand clapping.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

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