Do you ever notice
How the things we say with little thought
Can carry so much weigh?
Steel anchors held aloft
With naught but airy sentiments
Bearing down on heart and mind.
We parade our inner voices
In caricatures of empathy,
As charades best left silent.
Capricious poison
With ill effect
And not an antidote in sight.
Observe your words
Similes, metaphors and all;
Strip them to the bare thought
Drag them into the light of day
Measure their worth and impact
With more than a glance over
Emitted with a short laugh.
Do us all a favor and favor
Thought before speech.
Moonlit Poetry 