Words Have No Weight
Words don't have weight...?
If placed on a scaleWould your words have weight?Could they be counter balancedIn their non tangible state? For words are not thingsIn the way some things existYet the weight your words carryCan pack a punch like a fist They can make us feel painThey can mean life or deathIf spoken in contextThey could be your last breath In the emergency roomIn the wrong court of law'Switch it on' 'switch it off'Can mean so much more They can make us feel weightlessThey can lift us up highThey can weigh down on our dayMake us shake, laugh or cry Sometimes our words Are heavy in deedWhen misused without thought They can make a heart bleed In the grand scheme of things They are nothing at allBut in the history of mankind They have made empires fall The weight of our wordsIn worship or religionBring people together Or cause great division Sometimes our wordsHave a weight we can measureFor some words are like goldFor these are words that we treasure Sometimes we feel weightIn the words which are saidWhether spoken in hateOr to remember the dead In the end words are soundsHeard, wrote or read, here and thereThings on a pageOr shapes in the air We can give gravityTo every word which descendsHow heavy words fallIs up to us in the end