Words by Dominic DeBritz I think of what I want to say All the words form sentences in my head But I just can’t make them get on the page My mind jumbles the words and makes them grey Sitting down, trying to put my thoughts on a page The thoughts in my head morph into a wild animal, free Writing my thoughts is unnatural, like that wild animal in a cage It feels impossible to describe the mind that belongs to me Trying to analyze a passage, all for an assignment Too bad my mind doesn’t know that, it is never in alignment It feels so impossible to write down every detail that I think about I get overwhelmed easily, the words stray towards overrefinement I try to augment my thoughts so I can write something down easily And when I finally do, they are jumbled and weak The words are put together, not strong but measly And I then realize there is another assignment next week
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