Copyright ©2009 Stephanie R Schubert
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Words are the world to me
Something to be said
And never to see
You throw them about like
they are meaningless
Wondering why it is
I might digress
Wondering why
my pain still lingers
That I write it all down
Some in broken fingers
All the words you may use
to win me to your side
All the words you choose
Even when you lied
How every one meant everything
How every one's the thought you bring
Every word a new creation
Hanging on that last conversation
That is the effect
of all your words you know
The ones you so carelessly throw
Wondering why they mean so much
They are what I love you see
The words mean everything to me
I write them down every day
They influence me in every way
Your words can cause gaping wounds
Or be the ones to make me swoon
All I know is how carelessly
you throw them around
But in your words is where
true meaning is found
I listen to the words that you say
Everyone every day
So please speak them carefully dear friend
The wrong ones could bring certain end
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Author:
SSchubert (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: November 30th, 2016 16:55
- Comment from author about the poem: This is about being an artist, a poet, a writer and how that makes words soooo important to me.
- Category: Letter
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Comments2
Such truth in these words - I completely agree! Whomever said 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was so very, very wrong. Often our most brutal weapons are our mouths - the bullets; those words we hurl so carelessly at others. Thank you for a lovely piece of work 😀 xx
I appreciate your passion for the language. The way that you describe how people just throw their words around couldn't be more true. Love the writing, however my own personal criticism would be to either add some punctuation, or to break the lines up differently, I understand that the poem is about the words, however it reads sort-of broken as is. Otherwise excellent work!!
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