The Dichotomy of Abc

There is this dichotomous relationship within the alphabet…
for the letters therein contained
can be used to create words of joy…of love…of happiness…
as well as words of hatefulness…and pain.

From the same 26 letters come 
words of wonder…
words of beauty
words that fill a heart with joy
as well as
words of anger
words of spite
words that can…a soul destroy.

Which means it’s up to us
as we create and express our thoughts
from within their alphabetical array…
to think about the words we write
and the words we’re going to say.

It’s up to us to create words 
of love
and tenderness
and never to abuse them….
not only in our choice of words…
but how we choose to use them.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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