Quidam's View

Speechless and Profound

by Colleen Barry
Written 10-06-08

Speechless and profound;
Lips are moving,
But I hear no sounds.
It's just an act,
And nothing more
To distract you from the pieces
I fall to in the floor.

Moving hands and waving lips,
But still no sound, no utterance, no verbal slip.

Speechless, and profound it is,
How words you've stolen;
How quiet it is
When love has hold of tongue in cheek,
And words alone can't support the weak.

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