Full Spectrum

Full Spectrum 7/13/2012

If words have a weight
Then let these be a ton
Heavy enough to be remembered
After everything is said
And everything else is done.

Words have potential
And words have power
To inspire or heal
Or to injure and destroy.

So then let these be a warning
And let these be an alarm
A voice in the desert
Crying out for someone to hear
Or anyone at all.

There are things
That we do not understand
And sometimes we know things
We wish we didn’t know.

A light is turned on
Inside of our brains
Something deep and old
Unused and forgotten.

We may all have it
But often we ignore it
Preferring to pretend
That nothing has changed.

We believe what we see
But we have not seen it all
But only in part do we know
And the rest is but a dream.

Knowledge can be a gift
That we must knowingly accept
Not necessarily originating in our heads
But from anywhere
At any time.

God gave me a life
And he gave me a chance
An offer that I could take
Or refuse.

The tiniest of sparks
Can start the biggest fires
And even the long dead
Still speak from their tombs.

Speaking to me
And speaking to you
The spirit of the ages
Heavy with time
And burning with truth.

If you have hung your head
And if you have felt the sting
Then you have another chance
Starting today
And starting now.

For I too have felt it
But didn’t know
What it would cost
But no matter
How much it hurt
I have gained
Much more than I lost.

Others have come
And this is not over yet
But the wise search their hearts
To know the good from the liars.

Another day will pass
And still we wait
But the answers will come
If you know who to ask.