Haven't you heard?
Actions speak louder than words.
So introduce ideas that procreate
change,
then put those ideas into action
which will in turn give birth
to new opportunities.
Make positive choices to create
positive results.
In other words,
don't talk about it be about it.
Haven't you heard?
Actions speak louder than words.
So be kind
will doing
and showing
real love
as it goes
beyond that
I love you
worlds love
Is Action speaks
louder than words
7/31/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
I've seen the wind oh, how it moves;
The tornado storms tempest roar;
Temperature broils we want it cool;
Sea waters rise above the shores;
you choose actions speak louder than words
Standing on shaken grounds;
Major cities burning down;
I see smoke forest and grasses burning now so bright;
Sun shining in the night, image nothing now is right;
we choose actions they speak louder than words
Seeing these things transpire;
Volcanic ashes burning mankind;
Destruction of earth meteor showers;
All's left is amber ash and slime;
Though these things tumble and turn;
Nature actions speak louder than words;
6/22/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Don't tell me you love me
I've heard it before
The words have no meaning
I need to have more
Don't tell me you need me
That might not be true
For words without substance
Mean less than they do
Actions speak louder than words
I know what you're saying
But, I haven't heard
You have to show more
In a physical way
You've got to show actions
If you want me to stay
If I hear "I'm sorry" again
I will show you the door dear
"I'm sorry" is empty, vacant, a veldt
It's not what I need, It's what you think I should hear
Show me some actions
Back up what you say
After all, words mean nothing
They're just the script for this play
Show me you love me
Don't just say "I do"
I want you to mean it
Show me something new
The words have no feeling
The emotion is gone
It's like you're reading the lyrics
To a music-less song
Actions speak louder than words
I can hear what you're saying
But, with no meaning it hurts
I need reinforcement, it's simple you see
Because Actions speak louder than words
So show me you love me
Don't tell me again
Your words have a hollow, dead sound
So show me with actions, that I am the one
If you want to keep me around
A quiet teenager named Tina
Had bullies use words to demean her
But my memory lingers
cos she stuck up two fingers
then pushed them into the marina!
3/20/18
Love is a verb, has action you should know
Actions speaks louder than words
You may say your gonna do something
But you're still sitting in your reclinner
Actions speaks louder than words
That pot you've got on the stove will burn
Actions speaks louder than words
On the football field the coach calls the plays
But actions speaks louder than words
I'm a sinner, saved by grace I've repented
But actions speaks louder than words
You said "I do" as well as "I love you"...
But actions speak louder than words
You say you can, as well as you can't...
But actions speaks louder than words
To build a brick house you need workers, mortar, brick and stone
Alas, actions speaks louder than words
Your driving you run a stop sign, get pulled over by a policeman
But actions speak louder than words
You brag and boast that you can cook, yet you can't even boil water
You stand in front of the stove and you don't even know
How to turn the eye on
Actions speaks louder than words
Now you may read these lines, comment and say their find
Your actions speaks louder than words
11/15/17
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
In the blink of an eye and remorse far away
Your wavering heart blistered away my loving years
Your verbal pleasantries seem to mock
Your artful facade with a serpentine sting
In the beatific moments your need was me
We spent lucid loving hours spent at comfortable ease
New beginnings became easy with me to shield
You climbed my inherited ladders in splendid guise
I spruced the hearth and kept it warm with crystalline cheer
Your eyes, I fear, I couldn't fathom as I tucked our babes to bed
Now you fumble with your deceitful heart to temper me
When unchartered hours were gambled away with a seductive lass
Trust exploded in my rose quartz heart
When I saw you two cooing by mere accident
Your pitched frequency of dilly dallying
No more resonates with my simplicity
Our winsome fairy tale has ended
And your wilful satiric tale has begun
The charisma of ethereal love is poised on
Drooling actions and not on banal promises
March 31, 2016
Cliche 4- Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Sponsor: Silent One
quintella (Spanish quintain) in pentameter
Hard-working spider, you do your part,
instinctive busy spider that thou art.
You speak without doubt as you weave your web.
It is we humankind that tend to ebb
and surge, trying to balance mind and heart.
One day man, I'm down, oh my restless soul.
On rising up, how can I dare extol
a friend or employer on a mere whim;
then the very next day dishonor him
by rank conduct that is out of control?
Consistency is a course of action,
a gift that structures one’s reputation.
It is ripe fruit of making wise choices;
it is prudent forethought which rejoices
beyond just making a good impression.
Yes, speak if you wish of what you believe;
AND watch what you do, lest you should deceive
by your performance that which you profess.
Would spiders agree - caprice creates stress?
A web of whimsy is not worth the weave.
written 30 March 2016
If actions speak louder than words
Then why are words defined
When to be defined gives precise meaning
Meanings found within dictionary lines
Yet words are projected though voice
Spoken actions of the lips
Or are they truly equal
As they are kinship
Everything you said never meant a thing
You only told me things i wanted to hear
My heart is now broken in a sling
And everything about you now becomes clear
You used to make me laugh
But now are the reason for every tear i shed
Now looking at your photograph
My heart feels like it is hanging by a thread
You never hold my hand
Nor look me in the eye
Now i feel as if I'm in quicksand
I think it's time to say goodbye
You say you love me but is that true
Do you dare tell me the truth
Looking at you now you start to look blue
Why did you have to waste my youth
Actions speak louder than words
Show me how you care
My heart is now in thirds
So goodbye my dear
24/3/16
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
One grows fond of all the involvement one has with society
To what end do we extend those words of forgiveness said so easily
You spend all those days and weekends
With those they say they are your friends
Those that say they will watch your back to the end
Then that day comes, and they pretend
They don’t know you; … those friends
Are not no more, they offend
They will hurt you and stir your anger
They say absence makes the heart grow founder
Is not always the answer
People inspire you, or they drain you and make you bitter
Reality is… we were friends for never
I can’t take this no more, so I’ll kiss them good-bye forever
They were not worth my time and worry so I’ll arrange to stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Forever
I don’t need you as friends if you can’t take me as I am and
Have my back at the end
11/6/2015
Symbols cluster to form your speech
As sprinkled emotions find their seat
Like echoes ricochet off hallowed halls
Resonate an evidence of a tangible fall
Oh mighty words
How you long to portray
Apologies and promises
Which deeds should convey
Ten in the bush or one in the hand
Shall proof lessen my faith
Does the hourglass lie by its last speck of sand
Or shade make a sundial fake
Eloquent phrases doth not expectations meet
Validation must have its day
A narrative cannot express silences feat
For its stone which endures not clay
Grant me the man
Who's actions speak louder than words
With him through Hell's fire I shall stand
And love him without end undeterred
you say you love me that i'm the only one you want,
but you'd rather be in the company of someone else,
actions speak louder than words.
you say that i'm beautiful, and that your glad i'm yours,
but you never want to be with me without the company of someone else,
actions speak louder than words.
you say you want to be with me for all eternity,
and I pray to God its true, so please remember from here on out
actions speak louder than words, so dont just tell me please show me as well.
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