Symbols On A Blank Screen

What are they? Do they make sense?

Someone put them there. Presumably

In the same way, as I will answer them

Once I decode them, a keyboard

Keyboard. That has similar symbols

Maybe we speak the same language

this is how communication begins

Symbols that become mutually accepted

Are given sounds; become basic units

Of speech; become words. Words are important

Words have meaning, multiple meanings dependent

On context and tone of voice. From words come phrases

Sentences, paragraphs, chapters; a book or books

Then they’re everywhere; wherever you look

Words, words, words! In two dimensions that’s what they remain

It is only when they’re spoken, that a third dimension is added: sound

That’s the grand picture; in stereophonic, 3D, cinemascope

It’s almost like being here; to share in the joy, the pleasure

We started with symbols on a blank screen, a piece of paper

In a typewriter; or heaven forbid, writing long hand on a bare sheet

Of paper. This is the beginning. From here, context becomes a function 

of words used, how they’re used, and the skill and artistry with which they’re used

Share your words with care; they tell of your thoughts; if there is a trust sharing

Is easier. Remember this, it starts with symbols on a blank screen or other media