3:13

A poem by Lisa M. Martinez

There is a feeling

I can-

not describe.

Can feelings be described?

A phrase proves to be as in-

adequate as a single word.

The four letters that have been devoured

with slight digestion then regurgitated.

Recycled and used

thrown into the sphere

so that everyday its meaning becomes un-

substantial.

I am trying hard to describe

your beauty

your face

what you manifest

But

I bear witness to the differences an idiom presents

linguistics has failed me.

Rhetoric,

brought on angst.

Like he said,

‘Words get in the way’.