Last Words

What was the last thing you said aloud?

The last words you spoke aloud ~

did they lift another’s mood?

Or were they barbs and insults,

continuing a feud?

 

Did you tell a hurtful joke,

or make a rude remark?

Was the last phrase that you uttered

negative and dark?

 

Spoken words have power,

they can echo through the years.

What will your voice reverberate

in your last receiver’s ears?

Author's Note

"Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's awfully hard to get it back in." - H. R. Haldeman

Reviews

[Trevor Jay Bloodworth]

Very good. We can all relate to this. "Spoken words have power/they can echo through the years." My favorite lines in the poem.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Trevor

[Redboy]

classic i love this : ) especially the last two lines

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you!

[Stella Armour]

oh dear my last word was "cats!"... my dog is deaf but she reads my body language...lol and chased up the lawn.

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! "Cats" is a pretty cool word... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

great poem. i'm taking it to heart with me today. (its 6 am) i will need continual reminders. thank for this one!
in the story of creation its recorded something like ...and God spoke...and it was so.

love ya!
E.

[Rita L. Sev]

God spoke, and things came into being (according to the Bible). May good things come into being with our words as well... Thanks so much, E!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes. totally agree. :))

[Rogue]

An important message in this one and one we often don't give enough thought to. Especially if they truly end up being the "last words" you may ever be able to say to them.

Well done piece, Rita! :)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Rogue. :)

[blueviolin]

Powerful! And so true. Life and death is in the tongue.

[Rita L. Sev]

I like that... Thank you.

[lee von cleef]

My Mom, your words hers true, But the voice, its timber, is it glass broken in their ears ? or Honey sweet suckle latched firm to a n****e that can listen ? Sometime they have to be primed to pump the cool clear mineral water of truth, Amen.

[Rita L. Sev]

Amen, indeed. Thank you, Lee!

[Vile]

Beautiful poem, really. Resonates in the reader and makes them think profoundly, and that I strongly believe is the mark of great writing.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Vile!

[Ruthie Igunbor]

You've got me thinking especially because I am at a transit in my life.
well written, I like it a lot.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Ruth! Hope all is well.