monosyllables
Like stones
in a field.
Small. Large.
There to be used.
To make walls.
To be thrown.
To be held
in our hands.
Light as air.
Or a big thing
that weighs
us down.
I can hide on
the dark side
of this one.
Or tell all.
When I do,
it is not a game.
I pick one up.
Which one is it?
you ask.
I will not tell.
Come here, I say,
and you will see.
You pick one up.
Then I do. Then you.
Then me. Soon
the field is clear.
We have used
each one. Now
there is
only
silence.