Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Invisible



Hope is a bright white page
filled with invisible ink

—delivery
by secret spy.

Your eyes widening,
your pulse quickening,
your heart literally skipping
          off the page—

as each letter, revealed,
is a dream
decoded,

an unfolding message,
you can’t believe is
for you.


© 2017 Jennifer Wagner



18 comments:

De Jackson said...

I absolutely love those first two stanzas, especially. WOW. This is an awesome piece, Jennifer.

Wendy Bourke said...

Yes, you do stare into that fresh bright white page, with a feeling of hope. The joy of creativity - when it unfolds just right, your heart literally does skip off the page.

Anonymous said...

Ah... I remember. Thank you.

Frank Hubeny said...

I like the idea of invisible ink on the white page representing hope.

Anonymous said...

this is so beautiful. the metaphor too inspiring

Blogoratti said...

I adore each line, a bridge to inner self and discovery. A delight to read indeed.

Tank said...

Hope can bring forth the most amazing emotions - great job capturing it here!

Grace said...

Love this Jennifer ~ So inspiring to read this morning ~

Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger said...

This made my heart feel glad!

hyperCRYPTICal said...

This is lovely Jennifer, excitement flows from your words. As said, lovely!
Anna :o]

qbit said...

Great!

SilverGardenia said...

I love this depiction of hope! It's absolutely wonderful.

Jody Lee Collins said...

"heart literally skipping off the page." wonderful image.

Sarah Russell said...

Hope as a dream. A beautiful interpretation of the prompt.

janetld said...

Hope certainly is a bright white page with a message in invisible ink! How wonderfully layered and meaningful your poem is!

Magyar said...

__ Grand Jennifer; hope overcomes. _m

blank cyphers
in the prints of minds ink
the goal

Buddah Moskowitz said...

I love how you captured the inherent excitement.

grapeling said...

a secret missive, as it were. how clandestine ~