Tuesday 16 February 2016

Speech - a Poem written by Bill McMennemin

Bill is an avid creative writer and friend to The Open Door.
This poem comes from his personal experience.

SPEECH
by Bill McMennemin
 

The tongue, conveyor of words gentle, joined, prolonged

Spake full well in language quaint and olden

Utterance from a cavernous breast, burst forth no longer wronged

Like a peal of a bell, speech rang out golden.

 

Expression is a pleading ghost

Allowed to flit and stray

Stutter and stammer an unwelcomed host

It is a hero that masters the grey.

 

It is good to have an end to journey toward

But it is the journey that matters in the end

Enhance your speech and journey forward

Augment your words, you have time to spend.

 

And strange to tell than amongst us all

Some could articulate, while others not

Sincerest of words endeavour to recall

The truth of yesterday is best forgot.

 

Speech like water willy nilly flowing

Reward here and there

Speech like wind willy nilly blowing

Reward, pride, to compare.

 

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