Untitled

I should have been prepared
for something like this

Able to recite,
effortlessly,
scriptures
that could help you through your pain
but
I don't know what to say

words usually
drip from my ears and lips
in overflow
but now

my speech has
betrayed me
as i gasp for words
like breath
something
anything
to say
to help you

I pray these words have not hollowed from overuse:

But
I love you.

and will do for you
whatever
you ask

charge
indecent response
to my head
and not my heart

it's just
sometimes
the silence
says it best