Playing around more with words, and this spilled out.....

Words toss around
Like pennies in a fountain
hope that wishes will come true
cast into the water
sink sluggishly to the bottom
discarded in the depths
embed in the muck and grime

words toss around
like useless change
the shining glow
and shimmering promise
of joy and expectancy
covered in the water of sunken dreams

where are the mermaids
to wipe away the muck and grime?
to return the sparkle of joy
and hope?
and deliver the wish to
the broken heart?
To erase the thoughtless toss of words
that cannot be called back?

They slumber in the deep
In the pooling waters
Waiting for a word
Peace