WORDS ARE JUST JUMBLED
UP GROUPS OF LETTERS
HOW CAN THEY CHANGE MY PHYSICAL BODY?
YOUR WORDS DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING ME FEEL
THAN YOUR OWN FINGERTIPS DO.
HOW DOES "I LOVE YOU" CREATE DROPLETS
IN MY EYES, HOW DOES THE SOUND OF HER NAME
FROM YOUR LIPS MAKE MY EARS RING
EVERY TIME YOU SAID MY NAME IT FELT
LIKE YOU WERE REMINDING ME OF WHO I AM
EVERY TIME YOU SPOKE YOU BROKE BONES
IN THE SKELETON OF MY SANITY.
WORDS ARE JUST A VOID AND YOURS
STILL WEIGH ME DOWN EVEN NOW WHEN
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY .