Student Publishing Program ::

Allison Bukys

why words?

why words?
i mean,

don’t you think
that a rose by any other word
would smell just as sweet
as it does now?

words won’t feed the hungry.

words can’t prevent death,

can’t stop the pain of living.

words are just letters…
just ink on a page
confined to their two-dimensional reality.

so then,
why words?

why are they inescapable
even when you want to run away most?
what’s so special about
a story?

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2012 EDITION]