a spell cast

in another tongue

why can’t I

hear words of love?

I only want to know

anything remotely close

starved.

I’ll take anything

that might sound like it

settling is

all I’ve ever met

held at arms length

I don’t even recognize

when it’s around me

given to me

oh

what do I do

with love

when all I’ve

ever done with it

is cry and search and plead?