WORDS

Pen in hand, I sit

And wait for thoughts to come

Thoughts, to be transformed

Into words

Words to express feelings

Words to explain ideas

Words to encourage

Words to help teach

Words that provoke

Words that upbuild

Words that tear down

Soothing words

Angry words

Loving words

Love, hope, inspiration...

All needing words

Words spoken by parents

Of Pride in their childrens'

Efforts and accomplishments

Words to comfort a frightened child

Words to comfort

The Bereaved

Words that inform

Words that decipher

Unspoken words of the deaf

Without words, there would be

no language

Without language,

No communication,

Without communication,

No understanding

Without understanding,

Fear

With fear,

CHAOS,

With chaos,

Enmity

With enmity,

War,

With war,

Death

With Death,

Silence..........

NO MORE WORDS

By Dot Bristol

October 15, 2006