Just a Word
INDIANA’S BEST KNOWN IMAGE JUST A WORD
AND YET SO POWERFUL, YES, JUST A WORD
SHORT AND TO THE POINT, BUT TO SOME IT IS A
WARM AND HEALING WORD, IT BRINGS HOPE AND
PEACE AND LIGHT UNTO OUR WORLD, IT CAN BE
SEEN THE WORLD OVER, IT NEVER SEEMS TO BE
LOST, IT KNOWS THAT IT’S JUST A WORD YET
THER IS NO DENYING THAT IT IS VITAL TO
EVERY LIFE ON EARTH, I AM CERTAIN IT WILL
PROVE TO BE MORE OF A NECCESITY THAN
EVEN THE VERY AIR THAT WE
BREATHE, WITHOUT THIS
WORD WE CAN’T REALLY BE
ALIVE
I AM CERTAIN OF THAT, JUST A WORD, BUT I
KNOW THAT IT IS A VITAL PART OF HUMANITY,
THERE WOULD BE NOTHING OF THE JOY WE
KNOW TODAY AND ONLY HURT UPON A COLD
EARTH, I CAN BUT IMAGINE THE EVIL IN
A WORLD, A HELL, WHERE THIS WORD DID NOT
EXIST, I CRY FOR THOSE WHO DO LIVE IN THIS
WORLD, I AM SURE THAT MANY DO JUST THAT, AND
I PRAY THAT I WILL NEVER FIND THAT I INHABIT A
PLACE WHERE I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS
WORD, THIS IS NOT JUST A WORD.
*Based on Robert Indiana's "Love", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(sculpture)
Copyright © Sharon Smith | Year Posted 2013
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