This Christmas give yourself and others a gift of thinking before you speak. This is a recent poem I wrote for the Variety Show recently held in Big Sandy. It’s called The Power of Words.
I’d love to write a poem where the words have power
Power to help people to sing and dance
Or the power to crawl out of a hole
Or move them to action and stir them to service
I’d love to use words to help people to find peace and tranquility
allowing them to breath deep and finally to rest
Words can bring sweetness to the soul
By giving healing power to pain
With words, you can find beauty
And light for the darkness
Words can help discover joy
And incredible truth and awareness
Words can give meaning to life
Or can be the cause death
Careless words bring judgment;
Or quarrels that last a life time
Words can train and inspire
Can feed any necessity
Words can build strength
And satisfy any hunger
Words aren’t just a tool to communicate perceptions and emotions
Soft words turn away anger
Gracious words never belittle never quarrel
Civil words can quiet a boiling temper
If I could ever have the gift of words
The power of words
May I have the realization of Whose words I speak
May they be words of gold and of silver.
