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Wordless Truth

by Tendai R. Mwanaka


If I write a word
with this pen
as I have done,
is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I say a word
with my mouth
as I have done,
do I remain silent?
Is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I am silent
but still talk
to the person inside me,
is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I can speak
but remain silent
to the person outside,
is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I remain silent,
never talking,
always mute,
dead to thought,
is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I can cry and weep
when I feel like it,
would the cry remove
the truth inside?
Is it wordless,
wordless truth?

If I sing a song,
a song of my heart,
is it about the roses
and about the truth?
Is it wordless,
wordless truth?


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