Mind Your Words

Words...

Words speak more than 

What they literally mean.

They can break you.

They can make you

Who you are today.

Words never die.

They linger in your heart.

They sow themselves

And bear fruit very soon.

Sour, sweet or bitter.

They fill your memory 

With nectar or slow poison.

Words can bruise you.

They hang like a sword on you.

Words can rejuvenate.

Just like long-awaited rain.

Words can knarl your insides

Like a sharp-edged knife.

Words can soothe your wounds

Like a healing touch of warmth.

Words record history as told.

Also inner murmurs of the soul.

Words can surprise you no end.

Words can save you in the end.