Words can be
Beautiful
Colorful
Complex
Double-edged
Words can
Lift up
Or bend down
Depending on
How they are used
Words are
So easily
Misunderstood
Or understood
Misconstrued
Depending on
How we use them
Depending on
How we deliver them
Depending on
What we mean
And where we are
Mentally
Words are
So powerful
Because
They carry with them
So much meaning
So much energy
So much of who we are
And what we are
Words
Often
Taken for granted
Often
Not thought through
Often
Knee jerk reactions
To words
Misunderstood
Words of love can lift up
The most depressed soul
Giving it the wings to fly
Or they can bury that soul
Deeper in its pain
Words
Plentiful
Scarce
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Commands
Pleas
Prayers
Expressions of gratitude
All words
That come together
By us
By where we are
By what we are
Beautiful words
Across a page
Can be
Lyrical
Dancing
Poetic
Flowing
Music to our ears
Or they hurt
And become
Weapons
To destroy
To cut down
To humiliate
To alienate
So many words
So many meanings
How do we choose
Our words
How did they come about
Words
Who decided their meanings
From the beginning
Of their use
Words
When was the beginning
Of their use
Words
How did their meanings
Become so universal
Words
In so many different languages
Particularly
Emotive words
Words
That cause us to
React
Judge
Subject
Abject
Words
Millions
And millions of them
Used by us
Every day
In so many different ways
In so many different tones
From so many different thoughts
Words can be
Beautiful and yet
Painful to remember
Causing us to forget
Our words
Because
There are no words
Sometimes
For what we feel
No words to express
Our thoughts
But yet they are swirling
Jumbled
Mumbled
Upside down
In our heads
Thousands of them
Millions of them
Bombarding our minds
Crowding our thoughts
Taking away our ability
To assemble
To process
To find the one
That means the most to us
That defines our moment
That grounds us
Words
Who would have thought
They could have one meaning to me
And another to you
One meaning to us
And another meaning to them
Words
Need to be thought about
Before spoken
Before written
Before expressed
Because
They have different meanings
To me
To you
To them
To us
Depending on
Where we are
Depending on
Who we are
Depending on
Our culture
Depending on
Our ethnicity
Depending on
Our background
Depending on
Our education
But there are
Universal words
That never change
That remain the same
Words like
Love
Nature
Breath
Death
Words
So many
Beautiful
Terrifying
Freeing
Words
I love them all
Because they
Define
Refine
And ground
Giving me purpose
And flow
Words
Beautiful
Beautiful
Love
Words
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