Cherokee Words

Sometimes life's dizziness cuffs us and makes us breed foul thoughts; spew bad words. The Cherokee say that words are not to be used lightly, because they last forever. Even if in anger's heat you spray the glade with meaningless palaver, that palaver remains indelible. It will haunt the earth far beyond its utterance—far beyond your days. Quiet contemplation and careful speech is the mark of the Cherokee. That is why we are so noble, and so poor—losing our homeland to the Unaka. Still we keep our souls for generations of quiet, gentle children who look to the heavens and see pure words spent well.