the sentence breaks before it
                    means to

                              leaving only
the weight of what was
                    almost said


                    fragments accumulate in
corners that don't
                              exist


                    each word drifts
further from its
                    intended
                              place


the space between
                    letters
                              widens


until meaning becomes
                    the absence
                              of


                    what was
never
                    there