Talk is Cheap

Advice is something given by lessons won and lost

Usually by people who have experienced life and death at a high cost

Measure a man by not what he has or where he calls home

But by the company he has and keeps in touch by contacting them by phone

Communication to me has cheapened and dulled

Texting, emailing and twittering are all methods that should be culled

If you want to know how someone is and you truly care

Then pick up the phone if you dare

Call them speak to them no matters the price

Or do what others do and text and be like mice

Become small and insignificant in the lives of your friends

And awake one day to discover that it's too late to make amends

Whatever happened to taking the time to write a letter or note

I bet your grandparents would often tell of their stories being transported by boat

This is the new 21st century the great communication age

With time we do our talking in a way that sends our grandparents with rage

I was taught the old ways to love protect and to think

These days if someone makes an error in life they make amends by buying everything but the kitchen sink