When Words No Longer Work
When words no longer work
wonder
wish
want
When words won’t come
compensate
contrive
When my voice breaks
snaps
sunders
strains
When I want to talk
touch
tenderly
towards
But you are not able
about
abandoned
absent
You are no longer
listening
live
longing
When I need to find a meaning
In the shape
form
structure
But I ‘m stranded
Stuck
Sucked under
Swallowed
Then I reach out to you
I want your touch
tenderness
tranquillity
temerity
Sometimes words don’t seem enough
endless
empty
emotive
ejaculatory
Yet words can console
conjure
quilt
charm
captivate
cover.
Stretch out your hand
across the emptiness
and touch me with your fingers
friendship
faithfulness
forgiveness
frailty
fever
touch my heart with words
and I will hope
expect
await
be grateful
grave
garbed in joy
When words don’t feel enough
When all we want is touch
Or to see
sigh
sob
sing
Words can be shaped
changed
contorted
controlled
challenged
Words are all we have
To make us love
To make us live
To make us alive
To make us sing
To make us stand up
To console,words may be#
Juat
Enough
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