On the Insufficiency of Words

Before, I never had anything but words,
my only companions, omnivigilant and perfectly crisp.

I could describe anything with my words,
I commanded them with simplicity and style.

Imagine my bewilderment when they no longer sufficed,
when they no longer erupted from my pen.

No word could capture my rapture,
no stanza could stand for my passion.

No sentence could explain my infatuation,
not even hyperbole explained my love.

She turned me into a man of few words,
simply because they aren't enough.

Author's Note

First complete thing I've written in a few months now, please be critical and honest. Thanks :)

Reviews

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

A refreshing write on writer's block or uncertainty of chosen or unchosen words. It happened to me so many times as well to feel so strongly but being unable to communicate it through words. It's like the brain cannot master the feelings of the heart, they're beyond that. I feel you. Perhaps our minds will someday be as evolved and as feeling as our hearts.

[Baby Ricochet]

It's good to see you back writing on the WC. Writers block is some vermin

[Will]

It's a hellish thing, writer's block. Thanks :)

[Rita L. Sev]

Will, it is so good to read you again. I have been going through a pretty dry spell as well, eking out an occasional bit of verse. This has excellent flow and an emotional element, a good start to ending the block! I especially like this: "omnivigilant and perfectly crisp." Delicious wording!

[Will]

Thanks Rita. With the new spurt of writing I'm trying to expand poems' vocabulary. I'm glad you appreciated it

[Heartful5160]

Great piece! If you ever have a problem with writing or what they call, Writer's Block, write about your life or something that interest you. But glad to know you back into the writing game!