The Power of Words

The power of words You gaze into the mirror, the words written on a page and the many others your eyes upon have lain. You see yourself there in black and white or who you wish to be, if you had been born in a different time or somewhere across the sea. You fall in love with many people, man or woman who knows, for when you are not yourself then anything can go. You have buckled many slippers upon your feet… or boots… and walked many a mile in other people's shoes. You see your face as princess fair or villain black and cruel you've been a little child and a creature and a fool. You've been to far off places without ever leaving home you ride upon your rocking chair and on your bed you've flown! You've heard a thousand different tongues but all within your mind so everybody you have met has your voice in kind. Oh to have this power! to go where and be who you please is the greatest treasure That Could ever be! Without it how would you understand the world around you or know , what's true in life, have love for your neighbor or let your spirit grow? The great power of knowing letters, how they form into words, oh it's near impossible to tell what passions they've stirred! But alas! The moral! Not impossible but real! For the power to read and write can express all that you feel. I hope the words I'm writing The ones that you're reading here Have enough of a reflection To see yourself appear