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Power of Words

My maths teacher said I'll be nothing, Algebra and calculus caught me dozing. My Chem teacher condemned me too, For chemicals sent me straight to the loo. In physics I was called dumb, For machines made my mind numb. Nothing but words excites my passion. Lyrics and sonnets the real temptation. Dickens and Ng?gi I read overnight, Shakespeare I pick at the morning light Devour volumes with a curious mind Swallow what my intellect can grind. Oh! Deliver me from the power of words! I'm bound in unbreakable cords. Words call, mesmerize then seize, And enslave before I realize!

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Beata Agustin

Date: 9/12/2022 6:10:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.

Gwen Benita Mason Gibbs

Date: 9/10/2022 9:37:00 AM

There is no doubt that words have power, as there is power in the tongue and the words that we speak, speak only positive and block the negative coming at you.