A Touch of Color

i went in search of a word
one i could
positively identify
as exactly the right word

perfect from all aspects
internally
externally
and every otherwise

the word must have the correct
sound
to stimulate the vertical cortex
in the exact manner

to fire the synapses
and perhaps bring about
one particular vision
into the mind that hears the

word

but i went too far
i missed it
now the word is lost in
the infinite sea of wordlessness

but i know
somewhere between my burst of birth
and
my eternal affair with Mistress Death

i have at least once
formulated
articulated and
orally pronounced the

word