I may be old and gray
but my words
still have much
to say.

words can hurt you
if you let them
but they can also
be your friend
if you need them to be
and oh how they can bend
if you bade
them to.

My words
have carried love
hate and anger
and they have showed
regret if they have been used
to hurt someone.

sometimes
ones words can be mightier
than the sword
and can cut
even deeper.

No matter how
many times my head
has been bowed and bloodied
by hurtful words
I now chose only
to speak words of love
and hope because
my love and I are currently
apart for a short time
and our words are all have
and our love will
just grow stronger
if we choose the
right ones.

Our love is so new
and at the same time
so strong we must choose
our words very carefully
and use the right ones.

because we are
temporaraly apart words
are our lifeline
and we cannot let our pasts
influence how we hear those words
or let our words get in the way
of our feelings for each other
as there is no good or bad
but only time and circunstance
if we are going to finish
this dance.

We must speak only words
that are our friends and make us happy
and words that give us hope
and do not speak
of yesterday or tomorrow
but speak only
of today
and that is no joke.                     Jon York                  2012