Mind Is Not the Medium for Joy

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Mind is not the medium for joy. Each word should be a bell within the heart, Ringing like a wind-tossed, wave-tossed buoy, Restless in the grip of polished art. Years should be a cry of sculpted stone; Christmases long past, an oak-voiced choir, Harmonies that hollow out the bone, Rich with longing, reckless with desire. If meaning but had meaning, words would be Salient as the resonance of brass, Tearing chunks of glory from the sea, Melting steel with love for things that pass. All I would, I could to you convey Should I find words that might such non-words say. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.