"The pen is mightier than the sword."

Trying to convince people with ideas and words is more effective than trying to force people to do what you want.

A DREAMER OF DREAMS
Author: Gloria Jean Berry

You have come to me from a distant land,
Dreamer of dreams, to fill my hearts desire,
Sweet music flowing from your nimble hand
That plays within... to light my passion's fire.

A symphony of word and thought you bring.
Excitement builds upon crescendo's sound,
Brought forth in tones to make my light heart sing
For all the beauty that, with you, I've found.

A life is changed in just an instant's time,
All darkness fled before that brilliant sun
That shines from spoken words of softest rhyme
And speaks of treasures, only just begun.

This mystic meeting gives my heart a glow
That few have seen and only you will know.

 

 "Compassion"

Compassion can smell as pure and so sweet
white roses laid atop a new stone
taste the salt of your tears
mixing with the heavy rain that beats
down at the rate of one heart
wishing you had
the right words to say
to explain your compassion away