"Words" and "The Words We Choose" - two poems
Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
by David Pekrul
Words
ever-changing,
fluidly spilling out feelings of
rage, love, solitude, pity, remorse,
invoking images of
light and dark,
height and depth,
space and infinity,
demanding responsibility;
for a word spoken cannot be retrieved;
it lies where it falls
and continues to fuel the images
and feelings first imparted.
The Words We Choose
How did we use our words today?
We really must consider,
For did they help build someone up,
Or leave him feeling bitter?
We often speak before we think,
It's such a nasty habit,
Those words stay there to leave such pain,
To take ones heart and stab it.
We like to say we speak our mind,
And that we are so right.
We say we only speak what's true,
At times our words may bite.
But we should think of other ones,
And how we sound to them,
To say that we're just being us,
Is really wearing thin.
Let's live a day as those we scorn,
And try to wear their shoes,
And if we really do these things,
We'll watch the words we choose.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
170 Carr Cres.
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1E3
Canada
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
It's such a nasty habit,
Those words stay there to leave such pain,
To take ones heart and stab it.
And that we are so right.
We say we only speak what's true,
At times our words may bite.
But we should think of other ones,
And how we sound to them,
To say that we're just being us,
Is really wearing thin.
Let's live a day as those we scorn,
And try to wear their shoes,
And if we really do these things,
We'll watch the words we choose.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
170 Carr Cres.
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1E3
Canada
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
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