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Words are a very man-made thing,
they think like we think,
and so we think them true.
But they only think like we think
because we think them.
We hear their sounds,
we see their shapes,
then they make what we want to see.
Words do not make new pictures,
but they make you see
things you never saw before,
Words cannot make new ideas,
but they spawn the connections
so you do so for yourself.
Words will not tell your story,
but they give you a way to share it,
and make it understood.
Words are the in between,
they are the bridge to the mind and heart,
they are the little things that make you remember
the things you already knew
but forgot.
Words are very tricky though,
because in each person they mean different things,
and when you talk with words alone
you find that you do not get far.
We have a book of words
using words
to describe words
(a sound that has a meaning and is spoken or written.)
Is that your word?
Not my word.
My word is different.
Words make no pictures,
no ideas,
no stories,
but they make you make those things.
We look in front of us
we do not see the words in the place
of what they represent.
We do not think in speech
and yet we must speak in words
to see things as they are.
Words are there,
and I am speaking of words in words,
to make you wonder if these words I use
are my words or your words,
they are both and they are neither,
they are just words,
But they are also a picture,
they are also an idea,
they are also a story,
but they are none of these things.
Are they your words or mine?
- by Bloody Loon |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 12/03/2013 |
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- XXDeadXX_XXAccountXX - 12/05/2013
- Beautiful poem describing thought that delves far deeper than most. Thank you for the lovely read. +Fave.
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