Making A Necklace

I like to string words together

Like smooth stones on a silk thread

Slide knot slide knot

Though not to adorn myself, but rather

To empty my head of tumbled phrases

I rearrange, change, scratch out

Break the knot, slide off

Break the knot, slide off

Each piece has a design of its own

A circular logic to follow

I try it on, read it out loud

Revisit it again and again

Beginning, middle, end

Beginning, middle, end

Are the words pretty, the colors true

A good match of metaphor and hue?

Pattern, rhythm, thought

Pattern, rhythm, thought

Then it is complete, this strand of words

I finger the gems set just right

If I could wear it, would it sparkle like diamonds?

Or just lie peaceful and earthy

Like smooth stones on silk thread

That I like to string together?