some freeform verse below: circa 1986, yours truly.

Words

Whats in a word, did you ever stop to think?
How did it get its meaning? don't think it was fate
All words serve a purpose
To describe something
A sound
A feeling
Motions and emotions
A name is a word
A very special word
Used to define
A person
A place
A thing
Something tangible
Existing in the real world
Words are the devices of man
To help keep up if we can
When things are finished
When man is done
Words will not live on
The tools will be gone
For there will be no one
To use them
No one to abuse them
As man will be no more
The words will follow, in accord