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It was once stated that

you should not speak

unless you can improve

the silence.

So many of us speak

out into the silence

writing lines of poetry

that others will never see,

never hear, never get even

the smallest glimpse of.

Some of us speak out

into the air and hope that

maybe one day our words

will come back to us after

they have touched someone

and changed them for the better.

So few of us ever truly believe

that we are good at what we

do no matter how many times

others may tell us that we

are special.

Some of us speak for others

and most of us speak for ourselves

and sometimes we are told that

it is beautiful.

I believe that words are power

and with them we can change

the world.

Maybe not the whole world

but maybe some small part of it

and if something I say can help

just one person feel better then

I will consider my job done.

Have you ever met a person and

known in that moment that their

words would change you forever?

I don't remember how I found

them, only that I did.

I don't remember what they said

but can never, will never, forget

how they made me feel.

For in that instant I knew that

I had found someone whose

words would shake the world.

Maybe not the whole world,

but my world.

Since then their words have

challenged my view of the

world. Of who I am. Of who

I thought I was and of who I

want to be.

Within just a few short minutes

their words ripped away years of

internal struggle and agony like

a bandage, leaving me changed

forever.

It was as if I had been wandering

around in the darkness and finally

found someone who knew just how

to turn on the lights.

Sometimes words are empty

meaningless things tossed into

the air and scattered by the wind.

Sometimes they are bullets that

wound and kill the souls of all

they touch.

Sometimes they are seeds that

grow and sprout in the hearts

of others. Spreading beauty

and healing wherever they land.

I found someone whose words

can shake the earth and change

a person's viewpoint on themselves

and on everything that goes on

around them.

And I wish that I had the skills

and wisdom necessary to tell

them just how badly I needed

their words in my life.

I desperately wish that I could

articulate to them just how

much I needed to hear what

they said and how badly

the world needs more people

like them in it.

People who speak out from the

heart with an emotion and a

passion that others spend their

entire lives trying to hide.

People who have the courage

to speak out in the hopes that

others will hear something they

need in that moment.

People who don't realize just

how courageous they are.

Her words have changed my

world and left me altered and

changed forever. Changed for

the better.

Although I may never get the

chance to say that to her in person

at least I can attempt to do so

through a poem.

People may not always remember

what you said, but they will never

forget how you made them feel

and when I hear her words I

finally feel as if I have found

someone who gets it.

Someone who truly understands

within the depths of their soul

that with the power of words

alone we can shape the world

around us and even around others.

Maybe they don't see it.

Maybe they don't believe it.

But they will one day and I

can only hope that I will be

there to see it.

--Written July 22, 2014