Words

   Are just words

      Until we place meaning on them

Words spoken in a certain tone of voice

   Carry a unique meaning to them

      Which we put through the filter of our past

      Which we put through the filter of this day

      Which we put through the filter of present feelings

Words can be taken for granted

   Because surely what I say

      Means the same thing to you

But words will slowly be understood

   If we expect others to be like us

      Speaking the language of the heart

How about a little test

   Love is a simple word

      Which can mean endless things to each of us

      Which can mean endless things when spoken softly

      Which can measn endless things spoken by a friend

So how do we communicate the word of love

   Could there be a way

Maybe by not expecting others to understand

   Without us paying attention

      To what a simple word can mean to us

Words are more than just words

   When we least understand what they mean

      And by what we are meaning to send to another

         In love