dictionary
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฆ
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
๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐น๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐
๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐
๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐
๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐ผ ๐ฏ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐
๐ ๐ฉ ๐ค๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฏ
๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ต ๐ข๐ป๐
Written for the Dictionary of Missing Words Project
It morphed into murmurations
