***
I
it doesn’t exist
i would have to make it
but i already know
exactly how it would sound
it would have to be guttural
no shortage of x’s and k’s
throw in a few gh’s for good measure
(not whiny like nigh but vicious like rough or ugh)
as few vowels as possible
(for they only sustain
and i want staccato)
seven letters max, six or less preferably
one syllable, necessarily
a good sturdy onomatopoeia would work
like CRACK
it would have to be
a hard word
an unrelenting
brutal
visceral
facepunch word
with abject finality
like CRUNCH
because if i use this word
to scream out how i feel
i would want everyone to hear it
but only once
and then for it
to be
over
as quickly as possible
—
II
(i think after that
i’d like to try
)just once have the chance(
to create
some singy songful word
a ringy longful word
with plenty of vowels in it)
(and shout it
in an empty waiting cavern
or to a patient black sky
that had been starving
a long time
for such a word
and when at last it heard it
it would joyfully say it back to me
whispering echoes
while i slept)
***
Delicious.
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Haha. Thanks.
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Love both of these. I think of the second one as God’s name for me in heaven someday; I don’t know what it is yet but will have known it forever when I hear it.
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What an amazing and encouraging image. i think i will be able to rest in that the remainder of the day. 🙂
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this piece is full of powerful words. it was put together very well =]
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Thank you for the kind words, sincerely.
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anytime your writing is great.
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