I wonder if there is an afterlife for words
Ones we never brought to life,
or ones that tried and tried,
but lost their fight.
I wonder what it looks like.
Maybe there, the walls are white,
and invite every sound that was silenced
and attracted every one never found when
hidden behind fearful human mouths
I wonder what it feels like
if the words have a place to rest
and not have the burden of holding themselves in
when their creator wants to let them go,
I wonder if they know that they are strong,
or if they die before they understand.
I wonder where words go to die,
or if the ones that never come out,
were ever even alive.