Comfort Words

Which words soothe You know the ones that cool temperatures And bring that smile to the face of busy days Overworked and overlooked They fall out of minds A jumbled cornucopia that somehow rearranges itself during a blink The spell checker came later The ooh and aah came with comfort food An ear that took its time and stayed the night Slipping between the REM breaks Then they slid out of the sheets before dawn Sentences flicker A net caught them But some need throwing back Their time to dance will come The milli seconds between thought and voice Is what really matters Times are broken when the heart is involved As pulse throbs each vein in sweated brow Lips quiver with each word born Passion knocks on the door first Its eagerness screams to be heard Gestures mean nothing Without the parlance of love Tone stings Anger stretches Calmness pacifies a troubled soul These are the words in their structure Their meaning, their deliverance That moves us Whether in thought or deed We must trust each constructed sound To pay its way Words are our currency To a richer life Spend wisely!