"JUST WORDS"

"It's just words" is often said
  by those whose wits are dense as lead
  or by those who never thought
  of all the joys some words have brought

Have they never heard the speeches
  that led to warriors storming beaches?
  or brought a bitter war to end
  by turning former foe to friend

Or heard Anthony bury Caesar
  (now that was a real rabble pleaser)
  or Lincoln in the midst of war
  at Gettysberg say"Four score...."

I guess they never had high dreams
  like Martin Luther King it seems
  Or in England's darkest wartime night
  heard Winston say just where they'd fight

Did they not hear that older guy
  talk of  a road less traveled by
  perhaps they've never had a lover
  speak sweetly to them under cover

But surely they've been hurt before
  by hard words piercing to their core
  or heard a joke that was so funny
  it made eyes tear and nose get runny

The words they refer to as "just"
  can turn disquiet into trust
  or in midst of loss's grieving
  stop trembling lip ,and shoulders' heaving

I guess I'll never understand
  how they dismiss so out of hand
  the changes "only words"have wrought
  on folks' beliefs and even thought

And so to all be reassured
  there's power in the lowly word