Please puzzle me this, Words wither whenever My mouth moves... maybe malpractice? Message pieced together, Hoping whomsoever hears - helpless, In my attempts to untether Sickly syllables sticking; Speechless I become, my tongue bitten back like treasure, Festering feelings funneled, forlornly facetious; Drowning in all the words I've spoken into forever, Pleas purporting prosperity, perchance preaches That if I try just once more, try over an over, Could comprehension come closer Between me and anyone leftover Near me in my attempts to keep myself sane When no words seem to work, and meaning wanes into this bottomless abyss.