Spoken Word

I wish
I could perform my poetry
with the passion and power and presence
that's sent so many chills
up
and
down
my nonexistent spine

I wish
my voice would resonate
the way these words do in my skull

I wish I could make you hear and feel and breathe and cry
this rythm
as I do

because
unlike my voice

these words
are anything but silent

these words
are singing
are laughing
are
fucking
screaming
bellowing
thundering

you have no idea
how deafening my silence can be
and I am infected by the noise
I simply do not have the lung capacity to share

but god
how I wish I could.