No Words

A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. - Thoreau

"inadequate" doesn't even scratch the surface

the words falling short to an ugly death

like looking for a pin in the dark

not in the same ballpark

way off the mark

you had to be there

but then again

better you weren't

the lame language will have to suffice

never mind precise

that is the price

like throwing rocks at a wedding

because they ran out of rice

Author's Note

"Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience. How can we know what we are told merely? Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own." - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Powerful, inventive, & vitriolic. This could be said about the Trump regime. Looking back, it's hard to believe that outrage was our reality for four friggin' years! It already seems like a decade ago! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

this could apply to a lot of things. it is intentionally open-ended. interesting that it made you think of teflon don - and he almost got four more, his fits over the re-election were the icing on his cake ... :)