The power of words

'Tis a strange mystery, the power of words!
Life is in them, and death. A word can send
The crimson colour hurrying to the cheek.
Hurrying with many meanings; or can turn
The current cold and deadly to the heart.
Anger and fear are in them; grief and joy
Are on their sound; yet slight, impalpable—
A word is but a breath of passing air.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)
‘The power of words’ – reimagined by Prontobard

a word is but a breath

of passing air

L.E.L.