are Scrabble tiles
i turn over in my hands
thumbing their
cold, hard, smooth surfaces
i piece them together
and hope for the best
does this make sense
does that make sense
is there such a word as this
is this how you spell that word
will anybody understand
this or that
(sometimes i wonder if
i would be better off
using a Ouija board
or a Tarot pack)

but none of these is of any use
and none of these works
will travel from one end
to the other
of a telephone cable
when i dial out

to
(i don’t know
am not sure)
a random telephone box
in the middle of nowhere
or a line without a telephone
to herald the news of my call
or a line
long since disconnected
nobody is picking up

it’s just as well nobody is picking up
my words are voiceless
i am mute

nobody’s picked up
for ten years
for ten years
i’ve been mute

i hope to find a voice one day
i will stop swallowing words
stop choking myself
i will dig deeper
mine the loam of my body
for a tongue
the dust of my soul
for what i mean to say

one day
i hope to find my voice
(even if it should take
another ten years
even if it should take
a lifetime)
because
i want to talk

to you

Just beautiful as always...

(((myanimalc)))

Thank you (((Harold)))

somehow i can't see you at a loss of words...

nice write

YOU, animalcracker, have a voice, maybe the modulation should be a little louder for those that don't listen so well

Thank you, kc...although, it happens more than I would like



And pkd, thank you very much

You maybe at a lose for words through your mouth,

But you sure do have a great way of typing those words out!!!