Life:
     words and sounds
     those of ours
     others'
     punctuated
     by silence
     (even awkwardness-
     in our uncertainty
    and doubts)

     weren't it be better
      if we speak less
      contemplate
      more---avoid
     the lacuna
     that sours
     our relationship
     with others

    words Wittgenstein
    disputed and never did trust
    they were riddles--he regarded
    as soon as they were uttered,

    how wise is Zen and Taoism
    which doesn't seek to acquire
    enquire, label or grasp
    in holding to emptiness
    and voicelessness
    the truth emerges
    as naturally as the grass.