Just Words

Words carry more weight than most presume: they may feel light on the page, but they have the power to unite and divide us; they are communication, and by extension understanding; they are emotions, and virtues, and evils; they are unlimited, more are created by the day, and I am in awe of them, sometimes fearful of them, but always in love with their potential.  One word could be the difference between love and hate, peace and war; one word: sorry, stop, always, if, please.  They're just ink and paper, but they've come to represent so much more: they signify our belief systems, our identities.  They're just words, but they are the building blocks of our society.  Imagine a world without words, in which everyone's thoughts were only for themselves: it would be so lonely.