I Die in the Words by Nolo Segundo

When I try to trap in flimsy words the love for my wife,
I die in the words...

When I read of the relentless cruelty we call history,
I die in the words...

When I try to understand, to SEE myself, you, others,
I die in the words...

When I reach out to God with aged hands and dry lips,
I die in the words...

When I write poems (or they write me, 'tis the same),
I die in the words...I always die in the words

About the Poet:

Nolo Segundo, pen name of L.j. Carber, 76, became a published poet in the past 6 years in nearly 150 literary journals in 12 countries. A trade publisher, Cyberwit.net,  has released 3 book length collections:

The Enormity of Existence [2020]; Of Ether and Earth [2021]; and Soul Songs [2022].