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What do you do when words are pale Inadequate to the task Emotions not fully expressed Plucking from my mind Wishing for my best Yet lacking Not flowing Where will I look Within or without I feel overwhelmed Not able to contain Still not sure where to look Words dribbled on a page Wishing to fly Yet left in a pile Who will shuffle through my thoughts Bring them to life Taste my salty tears Laugh at my disjointed jokes Sing my tuneless songs Understand Care Oh how I long to be loved So I write Write some more Eject another piece of my core Still somehow Words are just not enough I sit and ponder The universe The connecting of all Before and after The things that will come What part will I play Will God hear me pray Bring color to my words Let them gush forth Travel to distant lands Light screens in strangers hands Friends I have yet to meet Hoping they won't hit delete Conversations Connections Distance offers protection Perhaps in the end Words will be enough I will continue to write Until my final breath In hopes that one day I capture my thoughts Maybe then I'll be free No longer limited by me There in the distance I can see The words I seek Written in some other hand So I drink I am satisfied The world of words Individualized Speaking to me Helping me breath So it goes Like oceans Words ebb and flow Now I know My inside starts to grow We all sing together In strange harmony You are you and I am me Together many are we What was then has become now Sometimes I wonder how Each forms a branch on the tree We call poetry This thing that grows Out of our creativity Somehow in the end What's inadequate Becomes just enough
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