Cheap words

Words are cheap, 

My friend,

Every common person

Uses them

So make them special

And don't speak them so often

Observe them

Keep them

Treasure them

Polish them

Discard the ones

That don't ring true

And then maybe

I'll trust them too

For the moment 

I prescribe you

Utter silence

My unknown friend

Don't tell me

That you love me

I don't deny 

It's nice and flattering

But it's unnecessary  

For we all know

It's but a game.

Lucette C. Bailliet ©