“Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning”.Of course Mr.Franklin.A scintillating brain, can twirl one, around its little finger and make one dance a merry dance. A dextrous, ingenious, wordsmith is a delight to hear. He can serenade you with mushy, moony, ditties till you are weak in the knees. He can put you on a pedestal that feels rock solid. His sprightly, enthralling words can show you the moon. His incandescent utterances can illuminate your heart. His masterful strokes can annihilate the gloom.
If truth be told then it is only the actions that appease the heart not mere words though even Calpurnia was above suspicion.
A prominent wit wrote,” We can’t command our love, but we can our actions ”.A simple, thoughtful gesture can convey intent far more forcefully than costly flowers or serenading the lady below her balcony might.
Not Like A Dictionary
You added
meaning to my life
Not like a dictionary does
With synonyms and antonyms
You lit up my dank hallways
With golden beams of bliss
Nudging awake my sleepy soul
With fondling fronds of ferns
You added oil to the empty lamp
Lying in sooty niches of mud-plastered walls
You gave power to my flickering wick
That had long since died with parched lips
You added meaning to my life
With your silent supportive presence
I read your silences in my solitude
Mulling over their musical notes
Humming with their “taans “
You loved with your actions
Your words you kept locked up
Safe in the sanctum Santorum of your temple
You never tried to brandish
Mushy phrases and hackneyed lines
You added meaning to my life
Not like a bejewelled god man does
As he clambers out with regal poise
From his unendingly stretching limousine
More like the sugar cane juice vendor
Who quenches thirst in hostile summers of desolation
Each ginger,lemon suffused droplet
Adding an eon of life
Great actions speak to all mankind, not only to a thoughtful mind. Both the man who lives off the gift of his tongue ”gallaan da khatteya khaanda hai”, and the garrulous one “bada hi galaaddar hai’, are truly great guys with captivating armouries, yet the one who scores ,is the one whose actions sow the seeds of fate, that herald destiny.
The lyrics of a popular Punjabi song are evocative of love “hathhin chhill ke badaam khawaunda si.”.(He himself cracked the shells of almonds to feed her the nuts).The simple act of peeling an orange for a beloved could reach epic, poetic, proportions.Even in this act , its only the thought that matters! as Ahmed Faraz promised
“jashn- e- maqtal hi na barpa hua warna hum bhi ,
pa -bajolaan hi sahi , naachte gaate aate”
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