Majesty of Meaning

The evolution of words

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With curious power, words
Are born as the children of reason
And evolve as the offspring
Of adaptation — unencumbered by

Natural selection

To form a world of their own
Creation conceived
On the majesty of meaning
Where their tangible
Shards are no more vital
Than the existential
Regards with which they
Are often perceived.

Only in retrospect

Is the value of nurturing understood.
Words alone are apt to exaggerations
Of imagination rather than fruition of
Intuition, with the flow of meaningful

Thought —

Curtailed on occasion before
Reaching full bloom; although,
Multiplicity of meaning is what
All good words hold within them.
There are words embedded so
Deep, shrouded in memory,
Venerated when repeated or
Whispered behind closed doors,