Searching For The Words

A poem about the inadequacy of language to describe life

Rebecca Ahn
ILLUMINATION
Published in
Nov 22, 2022

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Photo by lucas wesney on Unsplash

The world as we see it
no notes can play its music
no words capture such scenic
that only eyes describe

Life as we have known it
has nothing on this planet
that brilliant ancient poet
haven’t writ another time

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