Inadequate To the Task

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