I think about words a lot. This is a given I suppose but I really do. It’s probably why I gravitate towards poetry and the like. I enjoy looking for a word that rhymes or fits within a meter but still means what I want it to mean. It can bring a new understanding to ideas, notions, problems, trauma and all the rest by providing a new angle.
We use words and language to understand and convey meaning and how we use language dictates everything so we might gain something by taking better care of how we apply it. Take your time. Slow down. Consider your responses instead of blurting out a reaction.
Words
Words are marvellous things, are they not?
But most of us get them confused.
Especially we loquatious types
Who try our very best to amuse.
Small words and big words and those in between
Give colour to things that we say,
Keeping our conversations evergreen
Illuminating our meanings way.
If you’re working, middle or upper class
The same bank of words will apply
Deeply sophisticated or just crass
To make someone laugh or make them cry.
We should choose the words we use carefully
And think about what we have to say.
Crafting our sentences beautifully
Present your words ina bouquet.
