Words - III

Safe,
secure,
private - there are no
words
which are these
things.

Once written,
said,
they become lost
to the vacuum
of space -
of time;
owned now
by others, lost
to the speaker.

Words - they float
endlessly
for others to read,
to hear.

Given out
they are not yours,
not secure,
not private - none
lives safe
that is not an island
unto themselves.

and Cohen mutters
quietly of teachers -

_(04-15-2010)