Lapsus Linguae

There’s a basic truth, I think, that sometimes we forget. I know I do.
When we try to say what we mean; well, sometimes we get stuck—
In the words, in the sounds, in the meaning of meaning. How often
Have you wondered if you were making yourself clear? If the other
Person could understand you as clearly as you understand yourself.
I feel like I cannot understand myself myself sometimes. Sometimes
I am trying so hard to find the right word that I find myself saying
The wrong thing. Which is not to say that it doesn’t still sound good,
Necessarily, just that it wasn’t what I originally wanted you to hear.