Orator (For Trisha)

Orator (For Trisha)

Master Orator:
simple debator-
so much said just from your face.
Never your words,
never your rythem-
only the subtle turn of your place.

Held me for hours,
just by some words:
never more I've tried to replace.
Cannot just move,
heavy from phrase-
wonder how your ideas must taste.

Because it's much more than diction-
it's much more than style-
it's much more than the stories that comfort for miles.
Why captivation favours
those who cannot,
why it bars, and it churns up, moments of thought.

Hold me sweet captive-
take hostage my soul;
take me to that place you remember: home.
Comfort me now,
comfort you: I'll listen.
I'll let you take you back home: where your eyes used to glisten.

-Matthew Koutzun