A Word of Caution

Words
misconstrued, elaborated upon
thrown away, dissected,
stored in memory, taken out
and dusted, savored like Camembert
or a glass of Chardonnay
Collected by wordsmiths
written to lovers, translated
from language to language
stored in dictionaries,
relegated to archaic
colloquial, academic
street wise, savvy, accented,
Take care with words
they slice, they soothe,
they bruise, they comfort
they hate, they love
Take care of words