Exchanged Words

Words, exchanged,
After a long silence,
Are the best words of all.
Words, spoken,
After a long silence,
Are a gentle, healing balm.
Words, shared,
After a long silence,
Touch an anguished soul.
Words, given,
After a long silence,
Make our hearts full.
Words, exchanged,
After a long silence,
Delay the bell's toll.
Words, spoken,
After a long silence,
Give our heart-strings a pull.
Words, shared,
After a long silence,
Change what was dull.
Words, given,
After a long silence,
Make our barrier fall.