The first words spoken May not have been this Evolved over the centuries What would we do without words? They are ubiquitous- In our thoughts In our minds In our expression In our eyes In our soul In the scripts In science In the folklore In the myths In the mysteries In the signs In the poetry In the prose In philosophy In the cave drawings In the hieroglyphs Words evolved and added By the Bards of yesteryear From whom we have inherited Many new we have coined Reading their words of wisdom Words give solace Words sometimes hurt Our dreams have words And words shall remain Passed on through scripts And through oral tradition Carrying the rich heritage For centuries to come Above all, speak words that heal And tales of mankind's bonhomie!