Where Have The Words Gone? Poem by Dan Brown

I can’t help but wonder where the words went -
in which letters, and to whom, they were sent -
and from which works of fiction they were lent.

I remember how we used to converse -
of all things good, bad and ugly and worse -
in the days before all the words were cursed.

Why must the end become so violent,
simply because you must stay so silent?

So when I question: ‘Where have the words gone? ”
I look for answers but am given none.