It seems that in recent days I have begun to run out of words. I don't know if I have used up my quota, or if there even is a quota. I almost think it must be like those go-phones the cell companies have, you know the ones, where you have to buy minutes ever couple of months. Except, I am not sure where one goes to buy new words when one is running out. Is there a store where they sell words (and just as important, do they have any used words on sale?) I would appreciate directions if there is such a place, because at the moment I fear I am quite near to running out.
The sensation of nearing the end of my lingual limits is quite bizarre. Usually I have no problem throwing together numerous combinations of words and phrases, all intended to communicate something (I suppose.) But not recently... over the last few weeks I have found myself growing quieter and quieter, always sitting back and listening and never sure what to say. It is as if I had lost all my intellectual and social capabilites, as if I could no longer trust words to come from my mouth or to carry meaning. I found myself sitting next to a friend the other day, totally unable to find a syllable to say (let a lone a coherent sentence or a full paragraph.) If loneliness is tragic, then the inability to reach out to a fellow human who is at ones side is the ultimate horror. It is incomprehensible that I should be at such a loss; but what can I say, it seems words have failed me.
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