I want my words to mean something
All of them.
I want to laugh and sing
all of them.
Watch each of them dance out of my mouth
like a newly-hatched butterfly.
There are no words to describe what I want to say
To think and know things
but not be able to say them
so they sit.
suffocating in my head.
until they go to bed
I wish i had the words of a poet
to just know it
the word at the edge of my tongue
at the front of my head
to say it for once instead
They all jumble up
A messy pile of wings
A ball of words
Stuck in my throat
unable to stay afloat