I want to write

sad lines
happy lines
heartbreaks, heartaches
the way the pavement bakes
in the midmorning sun.
I want to write
blocks of verse
that fall softly on the mind
but initiate an unexpected churning in your belly
til the gas rises and thoughts intoxicate
and visions mix and blur and pop!
a nanosecond of clarity shines, and you feel
the life behind words
hear the voice beyond the text
see the reason above the lexicon.
i want to write
lines that move, text that paints pictures,
pages that create new worlds.
i want to write what matters
to me
and make you see
it will matter to you too.
i want to write like that. i want you to read it.
i want you to know
i want to begin.