Ode to the missing word

Oh missing word,
that lurks in some unseen place between the worlds,
dimensionless entity
beyond all reason and imagination
soaring high above human intellect
invisible, inexpressible,
the ultimate articulated etymon
that takes me beyond the frustration
and the infinite dumbfoundedness
to the place where I,
this mere mortal,
can converse with the very gods.

For I am like the horse that whinnies
or the cat the miaows but cannot for the life of it
know how to tell you that all it really
wants
is
to
feel
connected.