Words Are Never Nothing: A Poem

Even if random or placed out of order 

Spoken by one can erect a border 

Written by one can cut a life shorter 

Words are not nothing

A word spoken in vain is a great offense

A contradiction for which there is no recompense 

credibility lost leaves one without defense

Words are something even if empty

Words can sooth the wounds of the soul like a balm

A pacifying word can bring a storm to a calm

Destructive words can explode like napalm

Words require caution 

Heartfelt words can evoke love and affection 

But too often repeated will cause an infection 

Sporadically spoken might get mixed reactions

Words are duplicitous 

Words can make you laugh or make you cry

Planes inscribe letters over the sky

“Any last words before you die?”

Words never end 

We think in words even though you can’t hear 

Inaudible sounds resonate in my ear 

Ringing so loud I can see them appear 

Do the deaf hear words in their mind when they read? 

Do the blind see words when they feel? 

Words are everything.

Silence is just holding words back

Thinking and feeling the things you retract 

The damage is done without speaking, fact

Words are inevitable 

A word is a word even when it’s nothing