Made Of

 

Mud,

blood,

brick,

and bone.

 

What words

are made of.

 

Tears,

laughs,

sweat,

and brains.

 

What words

are made of.

 

Flame,

bile,

water,

and shame.

 

What words

are made of.

 

Friends,

fears,

lovers,

and games.

 

What words

are made of.

 

The cracks,

the glue,

the pain,

and grief.

 

What words

are made of.

 

Kisses,

sex,

passion,

and relief.

 

What words

are made of.

 

The mortar,

the pestle,

the stew,

and grind.

 

What words

are made of.

 

Held together

by belief,

in faith,

in strings of

nonsense,

spoken out loud.

 

That’s what words

are made of.