Cruel Words

In the Shadow of my Pen12/04/202312/04/2023Unpublished Poetrycreativewriting, cruelwords, poetryblog, spilledink, venom

(written April 2023)

A tongue has no blade,

but it can cut a heart open.

Cruel words spoken pierce the softest flesh.

Like a mirror broken

the pieces scatter

now in shreds.

But you are not the one with venom on your lips

or acrid breath.

Words cannot multiply

without love or light

they will die.

So bury them

in the past.

In the dark, let them rot

and wither.

Then watch as the snake slithers

away

gone forever.

Published by In the Shadow of my Pen

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5 thoughts on “Cruel Words”

the blighter's rock says:

12/04/2023 at 11:55

To deny cruelty air as should be the aim of us all. The power of words depends upon the care or lack thereof we give them. Let harm die and joy flourish.

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1. In the Shadow of my Pen says:
  
  12/04/2023 at 14:46
  
  Amen to that 🙏Thank you for reading 💙
  
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jai says:

13/04/2023 at 06:08

Wonderful poem!. 💜

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1. In the Shadow of my Pen says:
  
  13/04/2023 at 06:58
  
  Thank you very much 🙏🙏
  
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  1. jai says:
    
    14/04/2023 at 04:11
    
    You’re most welcome. 😊
    
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