Kathy Dana: What a Mouth Can Do

A mouth can tell a story that needs to be heard. It is our connection to the world, it is a pathway for the voice from deep within to express our truth. A mouth can comfort, love, support; soothe another with gentle loving kindness like the softest piece of silk swept over an aching tired soul or it can slash through another being like a swiftly wielded machete leaving the bloodshed for someone else to clean up.

 

A mouth can taste the saltiness of tears, the sweetness of a lover’s lips; feel the grit of sand or spew out the grittiness of a hardened aching heart. A mouth can preach, belittle, betray. It can never take back what has been spoken or repair the damage it has caused.

 

A mouth is a reflection of its owner with the lines and shape it has taken on after years of being used in some particular way. A mouth always tells its own story. Even when it’s owner tries to hide the truth, the mouth cannot help but spill it out; maybe with the slightest tug at the corners, a wry smile, a pout, a quivering lip ever so slight or a tight seal, trembling muscles along the jawline revealing the tightly clenched teeth inside; explosive emotions being shoved deep down.

 

A mouth can only lie with words. It reveals our truth and sustains us no matter what that truth may be. A mouth is a beautiful and powerful gift...use with care!  

 

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