nothing said

i am many
others not
others were
but no
longer while here
i am
i remain as
nothing else -

words fail
ideas inadequate expressions
as want
is to be

see mona
lisa
every detail
through crackled layers
then go

go
paint her

listen
if one to you
speaks
felling protests without violence
let the words
come
as if
to say
to do the same
using only words
in my place

we are lost more
than had we never spoken