Annie D

I don’t know how to form the words

I’ve made an ocean of them

But they crash and break and meld together

And I am still lost

IS anything gained by pouring more 


we have all added

all wrote and spoke and sung and shouted and speeched 

our voices raw and hoarse

our demeanor tired


and despite all the waves

every new word only seems to push the peaks 

we have made the worst kind of splash


a tsunami


our every desperate plea

every honest yearning

every startled hew and cry

rebounds on us tenfold


i am left adrift 

words are lost in the crash

now

i can only scream

and scream i must


i will not go down with this ship

to drown in a river of words


2.20.2023