Live Your Words

A great poet can only be a great man 
If words written are words lived on

What matters most is how we live
Not so much what words we give

Go ahead and speak partial truth
Lies fixed to give wolf wolf root

Tell me you were seduced...maybe
That you were raped….I can’t see

Speak of God with clean heart and hands
Or your soul is not worth quick sands
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Dietrich Avatar
October 31, 2012 at 3:08 PM
very deep words. I really liked the wolf wolf line!! wish I could search out more poems of yours but I think I've seen almost all of them and I am running out of time to be here today. Luv ya, andrea
Falotico Avatar
August 20, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Excellent piece Joy. Hugs Michael
Kendrick Avatar
August 20, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Speak the truth and the truth will set one free..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Thanks for stopping by...I wonder if this has any relationship to what they person who is running for political office had to say....Sara
Wellington Avatar
August 20, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Hehehe!! liars they all are...never saying what they really mean to do.
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