lost

in this room
i am alone
wondering why?

the knot in this chest
stops these hands
from writing

prevents this mind from creating
weighs these feet to the floor
halts this soul's escape

staring at the phone
i cannot dial
these fingers are numb

once breaching paradise

a voice without volume

falls short of reason

keyboard is still
a foreign object these days
frozen, unproductive

if but one line made sense
perhaps...just perhaps
stubborn words would flow...

and you would appear

in this room

i am alone

i am silence as

the knot in this chest
tells this head to forget
but this heart is lost