Indigo

[Querida]

The weight of the Words
weigh heavily upon me:
is that what we mean?
for you? for him? for her?
will we be immediately understood?
or searchingly asked?
will we create the meanings
that our little printed
hearts desire?
Or will we be read
only one way
each and every day?

they ask to be
seen in all their hues
deepened and lightened
by the reader's musings
reach heights of emotion
be lit alive by imagination
whether carefully
mouthed
or mutteringly
mumbled
they yearn to hear
themselves heard
their meanings
yearn to paint
your visions
your dreams
your mind
your world.