the words that don't matter

The words that didn't matter I kept safely tucked away,

confident that the tools I used would keep my secrets

I was sure to only use silent ink

on silent paper

I put them in a journal

that made my heart skip a beat anytime anyone went near it

the words that didn't matter would never leave the page

they were words that were never meant to see the light of day

The words that didn't matter I carefully silenced,

the barrier of teeth, tongue, and lips strong and mighty

and if they weren't

my will power would never let them through

the emotions I chose kept them underneath the surface of sound

they would never come up for air

there was no need for them to ever escape

the words that didn't matter knew that they didn't matter

they were words were never meant to have life

The words that didn't matter the world guarded suspiciously

they were criticized, analyzed, and scrutinized

they were changed and deemed heresy

thrown into millions of books they all looked like strangers

sent to caves and told to remain there never to be discovered

sold as opinions and not useful for educational purposes

they were told to separate by 'church' and 'state'

their meaning manipulated and used for evil

the words that didn't matter could never save a soul

they were words were never meant to have a purpose

These are the words that didn't matter

the words I thought I could never let off the page

the words I thought I could never give life to

the words the world thought could never save my soul

the words You lit up and decided to use

the words You let me breathe

the words You showed the world were true

The enemy wants you to be afraid of sharing the words that don't matter

because when you share the words that don't matter

You will find out that they do.