I Surrender Words Today

Today, I surrender all the words I shall not say.

This poem will eliminate only a very few. I

Could think of several more, but what’s the

Use.

Words are cheaper by the dozen and most

Will abuse their usage anyway. When some-

one bids you, good day, what is it they are

Actually trying to say?

Even should I take it for face value; will that

Really improve the day I’m already having?

What difference will another word or two

Really make?

Surely, no empires will crumble and none shall

Be made with the multitude of words I choose

to surrender today. But then, I am not they only

One who has nothing much to say.

Chris Hanch  9-2-15