The loudest words are not on pages.

What say I
Spell out your pride
That flow from your tongue
An ancient sea
Part thy lips
Two ships
Two sailing ships of red
That lead a myriad of words
Into a flow of conversation.

What say you
Speak only truth
Speak to me only words
That hold their holy ground
Say nothing if not aloud
And be no one if no one speaks their mind
Dit moi la vérité
As the french do say
It not need be so beautifully phrased
Need not phase me
But still please me
With your honesty for I now do expect nothing less and so much more.

Take two lovers set in place
And add one band of diamond love
And see her smile, white as doves
But irony beseech you
For you are the dove who carries message forth
Messages of marriage and eternity
And things of a nature perceived as peaceful.

Tell me, how is it that words
Are a basis of a conversation
Are a basis of a memory and still forgotten
before our actions even cease?

We can imagine our first kiss
Better than the bible's verses
Hymns and curses.

We forget our parent's lectures
Quicker than when we were hit
Punched and kicked.

But still we see those words as being
Of something who's value outlasts
Who's wisdom is said to never pass
When still the saying goes
That actions speak what words cannot.

So tell me
Will these words not last?
I hope not
For words mean nothing
So long as hearts still beat
And love still pounds
And rockets don't stay on the ground. the ground.