dictionary
𐑦𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑼𐑦
in a dictionary of missing words
the story of a missing life
the self utters itself
thus a person is narrated
into being
I search the clamour and anguish
of a language not my own
for a true word
𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑼𐑦 𐑝 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟
𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑦 𐑝 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑲𐑓
𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑳𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓
𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑩 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛
𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙
𐑲 𐑕𐑻𐑗 𐑞 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑥𐑼 𐑯 𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑖
𐑝 𐑩 𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑡 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑲 𐑴𐑯
𐑓 𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑢𐑻𐑛
Written for the Dictionary of Missing Words Project
It morphed into murmurations
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HC: 2023