Talk is cheap
and still
you don't say much
just enough
to make your goals
Some are useful
then you talk
but not too much
Some are useless
then you talk
less than less
Empathy makes words
you don't say much
empathy makes action
you do not do
Talk is cheap
and still
you are a bore
Talk is cheap
and still
you don't say much
Postscript: I guess the above is a poem of sorts. If I ever wrote anything such previously in my life, it was in youthful sturm und drang. I also, like most people, have dabbled in limericks, haiku and Christmas gift rhymes. When my children were small, I often made up rhymes on the spot, some quite long and not too bad, if I may say so. But the above is, I guess, my Hello World in way of non-rhymed poetry. That is, a text with a lot of space in it. I wrote it a week or two ago, inspired by real life. If you wanna remix it, go ahead.