Choose
your words.

Use them
like tools.

Count them
like currency.

Let them
create

your place
of solitude.

Let them create
your good mood.

Treat these words
like gold.

Don’t give your
gold to fools.

You found that
gold, mined it,

lost sleep
over it,

adventured
for it.

Treat your words
like currency.

Some don’t need
any of it.

Some might not
deserve it.

Especially
here.

Especially
now.

Not everyone
sees you

shine.
They can’t.

Their light will
just not light.

And they
know that.

You don’t
need to

give your
gold away

if it takes
away your shine.

 

Jason Wright is the editor and founder of Oddball Magazine. His column appears weekly. His third book, Train of Thought 2: Almost Home is available now at the Oddball Book Store.