I Die In the Words: the Many Ways a Poet Can Die

The many ways a poet can die: When I try to trap in flimsy words the love for my wife-- I die in the words.... When I read of the relentless cruelty we call history-- I die in the words.... When I try to understand, to SEE myself, you, others-- I die in the words.... When I reach out to God with aged hands and dry lips-- I die in the words.... When I write poems or they write me ('tis the same)-- I die in the words...I always die in the words.