The Strange and Difficult Question
Stop stop you bewilder me
I don't know what to say
There is some answer to you
Please don't speak now
Let me think
Or, rather let me try not to think
Words! Mere words
How terrible they are
How clear, and vivid, and cruel!
I cannot escape from them.
And yet what a subtle magic there is in them
Words have a music of their own
As sweet as that of violin or harp
Mere words!
Is there anything as real as words?
Copyright © Nigel Fox | Year Posted 2010
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