woodandhoney

Did you know that words can drown?

Resurrection will only force a resemblance to hollow movement,

cold and bloated words falling out of mouths,

pushed out by desperate tongues

moved to action by fear of contamination

I tried to resurrect them

but it was too late

All my words have drowned

I should have left them beating softly against the hull of your boat

like rusted treasures

like lost starfish

like drowned bodies

Tagged: boats, lost words, poem