When Words Are Not Enough: A Poem

When Words Are Not Enough

 Have you ever had a feeling

You couldn’t put to words?

Overwhelmed you with emotion

But put its finger to your lips

.

Put a sparkle in your eye

And tickles in your tummy

Filled you with sensation

Stole the breath out of your nostrils

.

My ears overwhelmed by silence

The face warming like an oven

Finger tingling spreading

Down to the toe tips

.

So happy you feel like crying

So sad you feel like laughing

Angry about your confusion

How love and hate are perfection

.

I’d speak if words had no limits

I’d breathe if my lungs weren’t empty

Some experiences are better in silence

For words are not enough to know it