Word Power

Kind words can launch you to Triton,

a cosmic mix of rings and nebulae floating

around Saturn..

It makes you feel like the universe

was made for you.

Unkind words linger forever, stronger

than the pull of gravity.

In quiet moments late at night,

all we hear is the steady thump

of our heartbeat.

In the quiet of the mountain meadow,

no matter how much you try to forget

the unkind words, they return to

you and pierce your heart.

  Carol Gorman

June 24, 2007

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