Loving silence

We speak with little care and little thought
Words hit human hearts like leaded snow

Thoughtlessly we chatter as we go
Loving silence  now needs  to be taught
Words have far more power than we know

On and on in speech we let it flow,
Or, by a reporter, we are caught
Hitting human hearts like leaded snow

Some use their words mainly as a show
Meaning nothing, harming those untaught
Words have far more power than we know

When we speak there is an undertow
Like a turning tide, well out of sight,
Hitting human hearts like leaded snow

Oh, where is there a place with better light?
We do not intend to pick a fight
Words have far more power than we know
Wounding hearts, as rapidly they flow