careful! they are words

[mtmynd]

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pick your words
like colors from a pallet

pick your words
like you'd pick a flower

pick your words
like notes for a melody

pick your words
for they have such power

words can hurt
words can hate
words can corrupt
words can devastate

pick your words
with care and gentleness

words can smile
words can love
words can laugh
words can care

pick your words
from the garden of life

pick your words
and see their flex

how many words
make up the world?
how many words
create our life?
how many words
compete for attention?
how many words
have spilled from lips

without caring
without sharing
without daring
without snaring
the beast within..?

take your time
select with grace
the words that make
your thoughts come true

take your time
choose with love
the words that spell
how you want it to be

words in their strength
have caused wars
have caused death
have caused remorse
have caused loss

be careful how you use them
these things are not simply
words
but bullets that can penetrate
the thickest of skin

be careful in handling words
for their potency
can destroy or create
depending how you shoot them
out of the cannon of your mouth...

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Cecil B. Lee

[gypsyjoker]

'Zina said words freed you or fucked you or turned you inside out. Every word, every single one, was a weapon or a chain or a pair of wings

—Polar Star

Quote is from Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
https://www.amazon.com/Polar-Star-Marti ... 0345498178