Uttereth

Proverbs 10:18

18. He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Soft and malleable,

muscular, taut and loose,

tongue and lips, throat and lungs:

The working of speech is slippery,

the breathed soundwaves a moment's energy quickly dissipated.

And yet... is there no finer fatal sword?

Is there no sharper-toothed bite?

Is there no piercing projectile of greater pain?

"Guilty" to the innocent

"Unworthy" to the heart

"Unwanted" to the soul

.

Words are formed easily

by people, who blow smoke and misery with each pronunciation,

using the tender lips and agile tongue to obfuscate truth,

thinking themselves clever with a smile.

And yet... fools they be.

For what is a moment's wave quickly dissipated to truth? 

Men can be blinded and lulled, their bodies

of malleable matter and temporal energy give in, give out,

but the infinite eternity of truth is unchangeable. 

The breathed words pass through

and leave no mark, no trace. 

The soul does not live in the wet airways and dark, flickering synapses, no.

...The soul abides...

homed by truth unchanging and unfooled.

All are known here, all beloved, all enfolded;

Undisturbed

by the malicious mumblings

and petty prattle of soft tissue putrefied

on the last day.