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More Hurtful than the Sword
by
Rusty Broadspear
Words can cut and slice
Disintegrate the heart
Chop and dice
Words can pull apart
Hurt so much
Extract painful tears
Like the acid touch
Of daggers and spears
Words can shame
Bring one down
Fitness into lame
Smile into frown
Words can kill
Breathing days
Become lifeless, still
Sunshine to greys
Climbing to falling
Heights to lows
Soft words to calling
All hope goes
Down slippery slope
Words give chase
Leaving behind hope
In despair's embrace
Words sharp as knives
Cut knots that are tied
Cleaving lives
Separate, divide
Bring all undone
With the brutal speed
Of the firing of a gun
Result guaranteed
Happiness to sad
Life on hold
Goodness to bad
Such warmth to cold
Such hurt
In heart so deep
Not one to revert
To comfort sleep……….
Ask why words of affection
Suddenly disappear
Leaving dejection
A fausty buccaneer
Not one to apply weight
These words will reappear
Be patient and wait
Above all stay sincere.
Words we select, choose, use, shake and take
Feelings are a gift so fine, we cannot break.
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