even though
we were all created
to talk with our mouths,
I rely more on eyes
for the unspoken words
that can't be conveyed by
a few utterances that simply
roll off someone's tongue.

after all, words are merely
wasted breaths
without a meaning.
and wasted breaths,
caused by meaningless words,
are the result of the opening and closing
of a mouth.

eyes-
they're not just
irises and pupils.
if you look hard enough,
they can be as vast as
an endless ocean.
and they can tell you things
that simply can't be spelled out
by any language.

you can also trust eyes.
mouths lie,
eyes can't.

so next time you see a person
who doesn't seem like they
found their voice,
just look into their eyes,
and find it for them.