I hate sometimes.
Such a powerful word this feeling creates.
It acts out of my will in the ever present,
but bends to it in time.
Still.
I see it work upon others.
They move to a flow my image commands.
They speak from a place my stature demands.
Up high or down low, even eye to eye.
The first thing one sees of me is me.
Not a word I have spoke,
Yet they act as if I am already written.
Oh well. Guess I better live until I die then.
No harm.
No foul.
I am a person who is slowly beginning to understand the power words have in altering the very nature of the world people exist in. I did not have skilled speech when I was growing up but I did have the ability to write and talk with my written voice. I have learned and elevated my spoken voice over time but am ever improving as I learn new ways to produce the effects upon people I desire. It is not about controlling other people that I learn but about walking the path I want to in this interconnected world. View more posts
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