Add Life

Like the final throws of dirt placed over a coffin,

Or the life sentence handed out to the criminal,

So are the scars of deepened hurt

And the years of unmentioned anguish,

Like a sentence to confinement in the jail of human pain!!!!!!

The countless nights of silent tears,

Of whispered prayers sent up in the dark. 

When will the morning finally come?

When will that silver lined cloud appear?

When will joy be permanent and not a whisper blown by the wind?

When will we see that in our words are both life and death?When will we give life and hope to a shattered life,

Rather than to add burdens of criticism

And cut through flesh with our tongues

Dipped in bitterness and unleashed without thought, care or reason?

Who are we to judge and since when are we in ourself perect?

From which stream does perfection come, and how is it defined?

With your words add life like a cooling spring of water,

On a hot summers day, 

Add security like a child wrapped in her daddy's arms

Without a single care in the world.

Add healing like an oinment on an open wound,

Add the hope that comes with knowing,

That once there's life there's hope.

No, the scars are not a life sentence in a human jail of pain, 

The hurt is not confinement to inferiority and unhappiness,

It is the constant reminder that there is hope for the hopeless

And clouds wth silver linings,

It is a reminder that someones words added life,

And someones love added a second chance,

A chance to live and let live 

An opportunity to be the sugar that took away the bitterness 

That followed a very deserving life around!!

Add life!!!!!!!

We as a people no matter race or social position are so taken up with ourselves that we become uncultured and uncvilized, downright mean. When we open our lips to speak we utter all the poisons of hate, bitterness and jealousy seaminly tearing each other down with every word uttered. 

We are so oblivious to the other persons feelings that we couldn't care less how our words impact another persons life. There is so much power in a simple word no matter its size, and we can literally tear a person down or unreverseably build them up. Do you remember as a child growing up and having someone at school tease you, but you never cared because mommy, daddy or gramma told you you were special and that meant that you were invinceable. The hurtful words of someone never quite sunk in because words of love were already planted in your life. How easy is it for us to plant seeds of cruelty in the lives of others rather than giving them resevoirs of strength in your words, words of encouragement and of love.