Mouth-A Fascination Poem by Ray Mather

Words
Words
Can mean so much
Yet so very little
Can cause people to feel
Love or hate
Even when you mean them to feel
Neither
“When a cruel word has once left the lip
the swiftest horse cannot overtake it”
And harm is done
Where harm was not intended

The use of words
Is a difficult skill
We have to achieve
To communicate
Accurately
To say the words we mean
And not just say
Words
Words
Could have brought you to me
Instead
They sent you away


(1973)