Les Poèmes №5— Lost Words

The last poème and exposé in the Les Poèmes series, ‘Lost Words’ reflects the crisis moment when words are meaningless and empty.

Medieval Monk Scribing Source: (istockphotos.com)

Tragedy groans where words fail.

I felt old, weary, empty, broken, and numb, all in a heaping pile. I would soon be custom fit with a scarlet letter D, a humiliating fashion faux pas in my pharisaical circle of family and friends. And I was retching emotional vomit…