There is so much to say,
but I don’t have the words.
If I could explain the way it seems to me,
I’m not sure you could hear it.
That’s OK. You need to listen to your own voice,
the one that talks to you
when you’ve stopped talking,
when your mind takes a minute
in that space between breath
to sink back into the ocean
from the crest of the wave
you think is what makes up the entire sea
because it’s got your face on it.
So much to say.
So little time.
What a joke. There’s all of everything.
Give up what you think is freedom.
That word is just another prison.
07 AUG 2026
© 2026, John Litzenberg. All rights reserved.
Bravo! Yes, it has been said by savants in many disciplines. That makes it more salient, not less. Love “it’s got your face on it.” Such a pleasure to read.