Words are empty shells –
worthless to describe a world
that falls through our hands
like grains of sand.
If you try to define
your stars and how you see them shine
your words will kill the wonder
and leave emptiness behind.
So say no more to me –
no more empty words –
much more can be contained
in vision, touch and scent.
Speak not – silence heals
words cause numbness – nothing else
avoid word’s lure and sense
the silence – how it mends.
(written when I was 18)
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