Enough Said
~Deana J. Tavares
When will words
Be
Enough
When will they ever
Be
Enough
To choke down
The years
Without regurgitating
Recycling fears
Freed upon the pages
Then trapped
Between the sheets
The binding
Reading
Rewinding
Like a yo-yo
Caught within
An endless loop
Around the world
Then back to cradle
Ladle me
Some more alphabet soup
The good phrases
I chew
Then digest
Eliminating
All the rest
My heart
They
Will
Test
For some never dissolve
Break down
Or compost
Those words
Latch on
And we
Are their hosts
They travel through the bloodstream
Latch onto a helix
Of DNA
Weaved within pigtails
Blurring our vision
Still today
The letters U and I
Were never used to spell hate
New words can be revived
It’s never too late
In your soup add many K’s
Only for kindness
Bring compassion to a rolling boil
Dig to the core
Regenerate our soil
The anger injected
Deep
Within shaded
Withered roots
Once exposed to sunlight
Will no longer bare
Tormented fruits