Insufficient Words

Sometimes words AREN'T enough

Love

A word filled with devotion

Yet never enough emotion

To be sufficient

This word, it tortures me

Promising to be enough

Yet always falling flat

Not rising up

I whisper this word to you

Sweet nothings in the dark

My heart overflowing

My breath shaky

I look into your eyes

Trusting pools of desire

Watch as they fill up

With love

My heart aches

I cannot express it

The way I feel

Love is insufficient

I pour my heart

Into that one word

But I reach max capacity

Before I'm close to done

It's torture, I say

To find no words

Being unable to share

The exact way my heart speaks

So instead I settle for repetition

Constantly reminding you

That I love you

Hoping that one day I can show you

Exactly how much that is

Reviews

[Radical Essence]

A very adept description of limitation of words. Love, like God, cannot be captured through a word. The word love is not love itself. The language of the heart is feeling, which is intrinsic. Man-made words can not be potent enough to define a feeling.

A beautiful piece!

[Lydia]

This is something else! Wow!