Words are so Important

Words are so important;

they can heal or hurt;

they can lift you up

or tear you down.

Words are so important;

they can change the direction

of your life and

lead you to a new beginning.

Words are so important;

they can comfort you

in the midst of 

overwhelming grief.

Words are so important;

they can tell a story

either true or fiction

for pleasure or for work.

Words are so important;

they can make us laugh

or cry

or both at the same time.

Words are so important;

we yell them, we whisper them,

we shout them, we command them,

we sign them, we write them,

we ponder them, we swallow them,

we publish them, we fear them,

we sing them, we picture them,

we speak them, we broadcast them;

Words are so important.

©JaanaTerhune

All month in March I was never at the point of asking myself what to write. Yesterday when I started looking at my drafts or thinking about new writing, nothing felt right. Nothing was clicking. Not even writing about nothing. Then I read my daughter's blog post (You can read it here). First of all, her poem is beautiful and so full of meaning. Secondly, I started remembering that April is poetry month (can you tell that I am on spring break). Maybe a poem for me? Maybe about words?