Words!

They line up, on paper, commanding attention –

Just squiggly, wiggly, odd looking marks!

Transformed by reading, they stimulate thinking and

Thus become useful, workable tools.

Passed on to others, these very same words can be

Badly twisted or misunderstood.

So it isn’t the words but how they are taken

That destines them to be junk or jewels!

Copyright ©1986, Elva May Harder

My mother sent this to me in July, 1986.  We just rediscovered it in a box in our garage.