Words, what soulless

 Words, what useless things--

they don't fill your stomach

but they can turn it.

They don't keep you warm

but they can burn.

Words, what frail, formless,

naked, tortured things.

What apology has ever 

unbroken anything?

What truth has ever

untold a lie?

What massless, airless things-- 

words. 

Not a single one has ever

filled a void

but many have weighed down

the drowning.

Words, what soulless,

breathless things

to so define a man.