Writ On The Heart Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

There are so many languages
and many countries too
with dialects and alphabets
some old and some brand new

I've spoken many languages
in places I have been
and tried to follow hallowed ways
of people and their scenes

But in the waning of my years
words trickle to a few
and all those many languages
have vanished with the dew

Today I have a single choice
to speak and play my part:
to share and utter only words
engraved upon my heart.