Words

 He doesn't say much these days. He figured he said what was important. He talked a lot as a child, always having to answer questions and read stories in school, and then more talk at home when everybody spoke their piece around the dinner table. He fought to be heard as a teen and devised clever words to show his intelligence as a young man. It seemed to him all he did was talk. Taught his children with words that would remain with them and told his wife he loved her with verses and sonnets retrieved from his memories. Truth be told, he loved words as they comforted him in times of sadness and great joy. He was a storyteller who shared words for others to enjoy as much as he enjoyed writing them. Now, the words have all but gone silent. As he wrote his final chapter dedicated to those he brought a few moments of joy and maybe a quiet tear.

Mike  2024