The Letter Man

Tom Barrett’s image of artwork, sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa

He sits in silence at the lake,

depleted of his vigor.

He’s emptiness held in its place

by every word he’s uttered.

His lungs a bird trapped

by his thoughts,

it yearns to be unchained,

and fly free from its unsaid 

weight to sunset and to nightfall. 

published in Medium