Wordless

a poem by Bindu Vijayan

A poem
Shrieks my mind.
Images, visages – no dearth of them
And yet, words?
Entwined to my thoughts,
Yet alien to me.
Lacking grace,
Gasping, spluttering
When I need them most.
Giving, but the
Splinters of my thoughts.
In a word,
Wordless am I left.