words do not heal the broken hearted, <br />words do not end wars. <br />words do not change the face of indifference, <br />words do not impress god! <br />words do not feed the hungry, <br />nor set the captives free. <br />words do not give shelter to the homeless, <br />or hope to those ridden with despair. <br />words do not stop discrimination, <br />words do not bring justice. <br />words do not bring forgiveness, <br />nor do they bring understanding... <br />words do not fill the empty, <br />nor erase the scars of love... <br />words do not define dialogue! <br /> <br />it is only then, <br />the hands and feet of the human heart... <br />and poetry itself is nothing more, <br />than the action of involved compassion!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-poetry-itself/
