Words are windows (or walls)

Ich liebe dieses Lied und wünsche Euch damit einen schönen, entspannenden Abend!
 "I feel so sentenced by your words,
 I feel so judged and sent away,
 Before I go I’ve got to know,
 Is that what you mean to say?
 Before I rise to my defense,
 Before I speak in hurt or fear,
 Before I build that wall of words,
 Tell me, did I really hear?
 Words are windows, or they’re walls,
 They sentence us, or set us free.
 When I speak and when I hear,
 Let the love light shine through me.
 
 There are things I need to say,
 Things that mean so much to me,
 If my words don’t make me clear,
 Will you help me to be free?
 If I seemed to put you down,
 If you felt I didn’t care,
 Try to listen through my words,
 To the feelings that we share."
 -–Ruth Bebermeyer

― Marshall B. Rosenberg