A free-verse poem about how powerful words can be. |
Whether spoken or written, words can possess remarkable power, power to evoke strong emotions, to elicit anger, to incite violence, to overheat patriotism, even to lead to war, to humans sacrificing their lives to the effort of killing perceived enemies. Whether spoken or written, words can possess remarkable power, power to evoke gentle emotions, to promote love and kindness, to create in Mankind the desire to do good works, to help others in times of their greatest troubles. Whether spoken or written, words can possess remarkable power, power to give Mankind beliefs by which to live their lives and principles by which to govern their societies, power to convey ideas that touch Mankind deep within his heart, mind, and soul for all time. Amongst all the multitude of humans who have lived upon this earth, only a relative few have possessed this remarkable power in their words to shape the minds of other Men in order to change the course of history for better or worse. Whereas the words of most of Mankind are like smoke in the wind, the words of these select few are like mountains of granite that stand for centuries, even for millennia, thereby making Men who were purveyors of such words remembered long past their time spent treading upon the earth. Thus was the power of their words. What writer among us has not secretly envied those Men who once held within their grasp the ability to wield their words with such power? Please check out my ten books: http://www.amazon.com/Jr.-Harry-E.-Gilleland/e/B004SVLY02/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |