Right Words
To be so big with the world at our fingertips
To be so small when the world cannot hear
What can be the right words for departing lips?
When the wrong words can only induce fear
Most times I rather want to speak my mind
Most times rather... I am reduce and will refrain
Till hidden questions shall fade with time
It’s a wonder truly... how well I maintain
I have always believed words to be powerful
Provided it be used in the right way and context
But what is right in order to be mindful?
Of words chosen for use to perplex
We all possess a power we cannot identify
Because we learn to seek approval and validation
Yet... if we do, it isn’t idealised
Leaving a worthy simpleton unable for socialisation
Perhaps too small for the world to ever hear
What I would’ve thought the world to be at at my fingertips
When words to me can only mean so innocent and dear
Need I with the right but have the wrong words departing my lips?
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17/03/2020
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