A Train Full of Words

I sent a train full of words to my friend.

I hope the boxcars of words

Meant the same when they were received

As I thought they meant when they were sent.

Sometimes the train full of words I sent

Are hardly recognizable, even to me,

When I see them again.

I hope my friend interprets me kindly.

I hope my friend finds strength,

And hope, and truth, and peace

In the train full of words

I sent.

I hope my fiend is able to overlook

And ignore the words

I sent in error of heart

And of mind - And of purpose.

There was one part of the train that was empty.

It would have contained the words

I could not speak.

Those words I would not speak.

It would have contained the words

I should have spoken -

It would have contained the words

Not yet in my vocabulary

- - -

Words that meant what I meant

But knew not how to say.

It would have contained the words

My heart would have spoken - Had my heart the words.

Billy R. Masten

02/08/10