Poetry of the Anonymous

XXII - I Wish: If

I wish I knew the unknowns,

For theirs are the lives worth knowing –

I wish I could hear the unspoken words,

For they're the words worth hearing –

I wish I could speak a dead language,

For theirs are the sentences worth speaking –

If a blind man could see,

Would your actions be worth seeing?

If a deaf man could hear,

Would your words be worth hearing?

If a dumb man could speak,

Would your words be worth speaking?

I am unknown;

This I know.

My words are unspoken;

This I say.

The language of my soul is dead;

Yet this is what I live for –

I can see;

So let me watch your actions.

I can hear;

So let me listen to your words.

I can speak;

Yet I can never fully express,

That which is truly worth expressing –

Yours eternally,

The unknown blind –

Ever seeing.

The unspoken deaf –

Ever saying.

The dead dumb –

Ever living:

To die.