On a brief poem
It is difficult to know socially when speaking is too much or too little. Language can be deceptive, and it can be difficult to know when other people just don’t care about your polite words or opinions.
Emily Dickinson was very good about conveying bitter truths. Sometimes people just don’t want to talk. This is actually an optimistic take on the concept of language and conversation.
Here is the poem:
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.