March 9, 2011

The Power of Words

What is poetry
But a stringing of words
that puts on a different mask with every reader

What is a paragraph
But a stringing of sentences
that sometimes is the window into the writer's thoughts

What is a story
But a whole new world,
created by the words of the writer and perceived by the imagination of the reader

What are words spoken from the mouth
Soulless without the emotions of the heart

Some forms of word are the possessors of a one way ticket
Once departed they never return

Words, most target the mind
on the command of the commander
but when the words rebel and take a detour to the heart
The commander is only left with the options of rejoicing or regretting

Word in all their immortal forms
whether poems, paragraphs, stories or speech
Soulless or brimming with life
are the catalyst of thoughts

Words can make the strong stronger
and also the weak weaker
The commander can only control the words
not the perception of them
not the comprehension of them
not the reactions to them

But the commander's power adequate
for brighting faces and lightening hearts
and also avoiding the wrong words from transforming into swords
that pierce deep into susceptible hearts.

So does the commander plan to be reckless and send sword transformers without remorse but an after taste of regret
or be wise with his selection of troops and their dispatching ?

We are all commanders but the question is, are we all good commanders?