But to the right person it does matter. To the person the right words are meant for, those words aren't just words.
They are an acknowledgment of our lifelong search. I don't like to boil something down to its essence when the flowers are to be found in its elaboration. But to a woman the soul of the right words pronounces in effect a man's converging attention; to a man it extends a woman's exclusive invitation.
But words you can never take back. Then again you wouldn't have known. There are words that felt so right the first time you might never say them again because they had already been said... only to the wrong person. Of course it always seems a waste thereafter. But would you have withheld yourself and left those words unsaid?
If there are things to be said, say it loud and say it well. Leave heartache for the morning. It always comes whether or not you plan for it.
They are an acknowledgment of our lifelong search. I don't like to boil something down to its essence when the flowers are to be found in its elaboration. But to a woman the soul of the right words pronounces in effect a man's converging attention; to a man it extends a woman's exclusive invitation.
But words you can never take back. Then again you wouldn't have known. There are words that felt so right the first time you might never say them again because they had already been said... only to the wrong person. Of course it always seems a waste thereafter. But would you have withheld yourself and left those words unsaid?
If there are things to be said, say it loud and say it well. Leave heartache for the morning. It always comes whether or not you plan for it.
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My thoughts -reflective.
I think, I'd also wasted so much energy..toiling, head bowed over what? Not just emotional in the sense of another mate, as you mentioned- "You could string together the sweetest-sounding words..." but on what never gave a return on another level (wrong priorities)? Yet, "though God works for the good...", so then the labor...what exhausted us- will be useful still. Now, maybe I can I truly say that my labor isn't in vain?
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