Lost Words
Lost Words
Words wandered away
perhaps my muse as well
all my attention focused
coping with savage pain
How do I call words back?
Will they find the overgrown
pathways and clear
their way through?
Will the orioles
house finches
and murmuring doves
pray in their language
for me?
I am coaxing, begging
inviting
come home! Come home!
the words know their home awaits them, the nest well-feathered and warm. prayers speak truth in every language. you can always praylove more. the words await...