Most of the time, I just want to think
I don't want to rhyme, and I don't care about meter

Most of the time, I don't want to write
I don't want to put the words in my head
on a page, in print, stamped down...
permanent

In my head, I know what I mean
while words on paper are meaningless
until they are interpreted by the reader
according to his understanding
of the definitions and grammar and context
scrawled across a page

A reader can but hazard a guess
and however well-educated the guess
words simply can not convey
a thought in its original form

Writing is not a collection of words
formed in my mind, running through my fingertips
and flowing out onto the page

Writing is the attempt to translate
raw thought into something comprehensible
it is the creation of my own assumptions
I assume ...You follow?

Generation of potential and the harnessing
of power through language
this is the great invention of man
that allows knowledge to outlive its creator

However, knowledge passed on, in any form
passed down in pages or words spoken
passed down through demonstration
each passage twists the original form

It is the inherent flaw in the nature
of how we communicate, and how we receive communication
the same reason why each of us is
a unique individual, capable of unique thoughts

No two people experience the same world
each reality formed of assumptions
gathered from a unique experience
and further complicated by
the unique brain interpreting each input

We may all understand the meaning of words
but it is not the words that need to be understood
not words that give me such trouble

Most of the time, I'd rather just think
and not worry about what combination of words
form the idea swimming around in my head

Pure thought, in its original form
simply can not be captured
can not possibly be conveyed in language

Fore, the moment I change a thought
into words, the moment I even
begin to interpret that flash of inspiration
the original form is lost
and I can only assume that I got the gist