The Words

Here are the words to the poem.

They don’t sound like words, though.
They are sounds that sound like words,
but they do not share their meanings easily.
So how can one call them words?

A bird makes sounds like this.
A sword carries meaning on its edge
like those birds carry their sound.
Neither sounds like a word,
but they are understood.

These are the words, the sounds.

Have understanding
without the words.
The sword has a meaning,
as do the birds.

They don’t need the words.

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