Just Words

It is never just words Word after word Side by side, lyrics are born Authoring songs of lovers And brokenhearted forever forlorn Word after word Life is inhaled into stories of faraway lands With notorious kings and talking frogs Beautiful maidens wandering the shadowlands Word after word With quill in hand A weary poet struggles to find The perfect word An imperfect rhyme Word after word More powerful than sticks or stones Breaking bones Words traverse the soul Fracturing the spirit with unending scars Word Just one word— A solitary word will sharpen a mind Seduce the dreamer Encourage the friend Or shame the same One single word can draw a smile Change a life… Or end one too soon It is never Just words