NESCIT VOX MISSA REVERTI

I talk too much and it is a fault

My words are froth and bubble

Inanity and platitude

I forget irrevocable

Until such day

I hear the echoes in my mind.

I fear my own contempt

For my own false words

For words I deemed profound

Now proven shallow.

For words encouraging, advising,

But confirming jealousy and spite.

It's good to be silent and not to utter

The stray word that can hurt

Words can be truth but still lack

The grace of kindness.

I regret past words of ignorance

Clothed in wisdom.

I should be silent for a while

Until I learn

The art of kindness

The wisdom of silence

The quiet of contemplation

The forever of irrevocable.

 

A word Once Uttered is Irrevocable.

 

Dawn McDonald
© March 2003

Midi: "Blues Boogie"
(Leslie Bryan 2002)

Photo: "Rain Drop"