What Are Words? Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

What are words?

I woke up today
With words splattered on my mind
I could not read
Because my eyes were closed
It was a dream
But what are words?
If I can scream
I will pour out a few
If I can dream
I will purr out a few
If I am awake
I will put a few to use
To address you
And undress my thoughts
It's the words that make me unreal
How can a few sounds
Make sense
Unless words are more than sounds
Words are the true wires
That bind us together
Sometimes in pain
And also in laughter
Words are fully clothed
With the substance of our being
Watch your tongue
We might see the colour of your soul
I am not saying you should keep quiet
All I am saying is that words are beautiful pieces of us
Don't pour them with recklessness
Be gentle
And build yourself a pedestal of words
To lift you into higher levels of consciousness
Words for some of us are sacred
We can only pour them into the heart
As a show of our Love
But most of the time
We pour ourselves into the bowl of Silence

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