Words

Inspired by “The Story of English” by Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil.

The words surround us like the sea
and, as the dark abyss will peak;
will ebb and swell with mystery;
so will the language that we speak.

The words we hold; perchance discard,
will differ with the where and whence,
yet English grows with each new card;
homogenized by common sense.

On Dublin streets, in Boston bars
the speech will sing its odd refrain;
our language bears its local scars
yet stays intact and shall remain

the sum of all that man has wrought;
his precious words; his common thought.

© 2006 W.D. Neighbors

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