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Making Sound, Not Speaking

Words don't work anymore.

By Leigh FisherPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Silence is better than meaningless words. Photo courtesy of Lekcej.

words don't work anymore

they can't open the door

they can't light the way to a better path

I try to make sense of things, but it doesn't add up in the math

conversations don't heal either of us

we just open our mouths and pretend we must

I just break a little more

leave a few more chunks behind on the floor

then pick myself up and get back to work

muddling my way along, sinking deeper in the murk

all the while, those thoughts continue to lurk

then next time I start to shatter

I'll just break harder, faster

talking now is just masturbation

a continually unsatisfactory solution

sad poetry
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About the Creator

Leigh Fisher

I'm a writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media (go figure) and I'm working on my MFA in Fiction at NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.

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