Those Who Know Speak

For an entire lifetime
I wrote
Wondering
If I might stumble
On a true word —

A construction of sounds
To hold in my hand
Show
As the one
The only true word

Having learned
Thousands of words
Millions of sounds —
Not a single word
I could find
That was true

Hoping no more —
To write
A true word
Or convey
A true thing

Now
I am free —
To write
Everything, and anything
That can be written —
Free to speak
Any word

Knowing all
Are hollow words
Empty sounds —
And no true word
Has ever been spoken
Nor can be