Words You'Ll Never Read Poem by Leonard Dabydeen

Words you’ll never read

they hide in the pit of my mind

like a secret in a hidden cave

not so shallow for you to reach

with fragile hands

or limbs akimbo

you’ll never know how questions

take root inside of me

as the words are spoken

like whispers in the wind

where pages and papyrus

mystify the soul in fluted conjugation

I dare you to read me

read me as I am

tell me what I am thinking of

as I titillate like a bottlenose dolphin

I have words for you

floating without pages

I know I am what I am

and when you speak to me

your voice will echo

words you’ll never read.