Leah Werner Poet Free verse

Language Is a Puzzle

Language Is A Puzzle 
Fit the words together 
As best you can 
So that they come as close 
As they possibly can 
To forming what seems to be 
A whole 

Then you begin verbal charades 
You are the actor 
And everyone else has to guess 
What you are trying to project - 
Your thoughts and feelings - 
With only your pieced together, 
Mostly complete, 
Verbal Puzzle 
To guide them 

Don't underestimate 
The difficulty of the game 
People come close 
But very few can understand 
The puzzle that is you 

Then it is their turn 
One by one they piece 
Their own verbal puzzle together 
And present it 
To you 

And if, by chance, 
You can feel past their words 
And know what feeling 
Their words are hinting at 
You better keep them around 

Because the jumble of their words
And yours - 
Nouns, verbs, and most importantly Adjectives (because in this case every word is an adjective, isn't it?)- 
Only make sense to the two of you 

Combine all of your words - 
Only shells and shadows 
Of who you each are 
No matter what the letters, 
Language, or accent 
No matter how big or how small, 
How many or few, 
Or what order they're in 
Your words will amount to 
Love, an adjective for...

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