if words hadn't
taught me reticence,
I'd die in the books
looking for love
in the insipid pages
if education didn't
preach me wisdom,
I'd bring to book
the innocent world,
in chains, no freedom
if abundance didn't
guide me to kindness
I'd cook the books with
poverty, scarcity,
a sordid space
if I hadn't learned the
feeling behind the words,
I'd break the globe into
pieces, lost worlds,
worrying wars, weapons
if I hadn't developed
the appetite for silence,
words would starve
in the tonsured world
with cruelty, without love
Beautiful combination of words and thoughts. Silence gives value to speech. Without the silence of space, even words would not be formed.
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