I think of language like light

It is that basic necessity for life

It illuminates the dark nights

With heated conversations

It changes with the time of day

With the warmth of memory

And I will show you who I am

This way

Through the little magnifying glasses

I write down

They burn me below, at an angle

That fire is power

And that light is perfect

But when language fails

And your flash light falters

You notice how hollow

Blank pages and dark caves can be

But that darkness--like the night sky

With its far away suns--

Tells you where you are

At sea, celestial navigation

Only possible in darkness

My words fail but doesn’t that mean

I am sailing on the sea of the things I can’t say

And that the stars of words far away

Will guide me to the meaning that I am missing

Bathe me in the light of lovely language

But let me sleep at night

Quite and dark