How complex the world is!
How many words would it take
For a worldly man
To say how complex? Start with: This
Is more complex than that. I can
Be ironic now, by being wordless.
I will call my poem “Wordless.” If a man
Wishes to be a poet, this
Will always dog him: Love is wordless.
Learning is wordless. She smiled—
And then—only then—were we reconciled.
Words did not make me love poetry.
When I had nothing more to say,
The poem took my hand. And found a way.