if i stop talking
long enough
i will know what
to say
the stories
will find their way
up through the silence
i will find them
floating
like lily pads
Hablando Sola / Talking to Myself
Diana R Zimmerman
if i stop talking
long enough
i will know what
to say
the stories
will find their way
up through the silence
i will find them
floating
like lily pads
Hablando Sola / Talking to Myself 
Really like this one Diana. Short but sweet. And I just like to say the words lily pad.
Thanks! Should I have spelled it “lillie”? 😉
Ha ha. Well,I probably would have.
I really like this one, Diana. I always love your short, imagistic poems… they leave you with a distinct mental image and a nugget of truth that you always knew but somehow didn’t quite notice before. This is a good one for me right now as the semester is ending and I feel like all I’m doing is talking and talking and talking, trying to put out all the little fires and convey all the last little bits of information that need to be conveyed. I’m ready to be quite and look for some lily pads.