Words

Bullying, essentially.

Words

Words creeping into the

Back of my mind

Into my soul

Words tearing at my heart

Words slithering in between

Truth and lies

Words pounding

In my brain

Breaking down walls

I didn't even know

Were there

Words

Powerful things

Words can heal

Even the most

Fragile of people

Or shatter what's left

Of their being

Words

Words are weapons

~Dead Snakes 2013~

Author's Note

Reviews

[LeslieNoel]

I always feel like this is how I feel when I need to write. It's like words just keep pounding at you until you get your feelings down on to paper. It's only then that I may find peace.

Love this poem! I could really relate to it. It's true that words can be tools and weapons.

[Brittany Zedalis]

I wrote this back when someone was constantly bullying me and I needed to get my feelings out. Thankfully that time has passed and at least one of my favorite poems of my own resulted from it. Thank you so much for reading.

[KB]

I like your words. I read a struggle in the lines and I get an image of a flood of thoughts and feeling in the background trying to get in but you can't let overwhelm you.

I really like your poem, thanks for sharing.

[Brittany Zedalis]

Thank you, Karol.

[Kelly Scheppers]

First of all, let me say that in the seven years I've been posting here, never have I garnished 48 reviews in one poem! Wow, that's mighty impressive, and speaks volumes to me about the caliber of writer you are. And it tells me a lot about your readers, too!

I happened to see a movie the other day that waged the importance of words against art, and each side of students had to rally their convictions to which were of greater value to mankind. Your poem reminded me of it, and why now, I must choose "words".

They are what we stumble with the most, what gets stuck in our throats when we try to speak through our emotion. They are also what we wish we had to say over again, but most importantly, they give us a voice!

A most powerful read, Luna...thank you!

[Brittany Zedalis]

Wow, thank you so much Kelly. This really made my day.

[Jake Donald Stephens]

I've noticed ignorant people tend to say ignorant words, cruel people like to say cruel words, people who THINK they're smart like to say words they THINK the rest of us don't know, and the most rare types of people, the thoughtful and/or kind ones, say the words that can sometimes make a difference and maybe... even help (GASP.)
You are so right: As weapons, words can be more potent than any gun or knife. And as writers, our goal (ideally) is to find the right combination of words that will make some kind of difference to someone.
I like how your poems seem to accomplish that.

[Brittany Zedalis]

Oh! Hello there! I was wondering where you wandered off to, haha.

You are incredibly correct, on all three accounts of words. When this was written, I was extremely upset, but I'm glad this poem was the result of it. It opened the door to a new writing style for me, one that I'm very thankful to have discovered.

Thank you for dropping by. ^-^

[Brittany Zedalis]

Well, 4 accounts of words. Whoops.

[Jake Donald Stephens]

Haha. :)
I try to say as few words as possible, so people wonder what the heck I'm thinking.

[modtoddinc]

I see this was in reference to bullying, and agree words are very effective in regards to it, especially within your poem, but I also interpret the power of words and their ability to heal. (Also in your poem) I love words. ALL words... the positive and the negative, for they are the catalyst to ultimate understanding of the human experience... without them we could not relay the fear, nor the love, nor anything in between... but I digress. Your poem is beautiful to me. Thank you for sharing.

~Peace, Todd

[Brittany Zedalis]

You are very, very correct. Thank you for this excellent response. ^-^

[Brian]

Weapons with the sharpest tongues as their bows launching wicked arrows so often..

[Brittany Zedalis]

Well, that was surely a poetic response, haha. Thank you, Brian.

[Brian]

You're welcome. Luna. That sounds so weird to say. Haha. It's cute though.

[Brittany Zedalis]

I've had people call me Luna since high school. I like it better than the name I was given.

[BougaTimeBongo]

Excellent, words are tricky b******s when they want to be. They can save a life and they can wound irrevocably. I got tripped up in the flow of it here.... "Breaking down walls/I didn't even know/Were there/Words". I'm not sure why, so I guess that's not too helpful. lol Other than my unhelpful brain fart apparently, I think this is great!

[Brittany Zedalis]

The thing with the format is while I was writing this, I was writing it as though I were speaking it with the same frustration and anger I was feeling as I penned it. Pauses and such. Thank you for stopping by. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

[Woody]

for some reason, this made me think of speech-impaired people (to be politically correct). they must feel frustrated not to be able to launch into a lengthy talk or tell jokes. of course they can sign but that's not the same thing, is it?
indeed words can heal or shatter and you've expressed that perfectly well. nicely dont!

[Brittany Zedalis]

It's definitely not the same thing, sadly. I've honestly never known anyone personally with speech-impairments, but I distinctly remember meeting a girl when I was little who had to use sign language, and I didn't know it at all, so it was very frustrating for her and myself because we wanted to be friends.

Thank you for dropping by and reading this one. :)

[Brittany Zedalis]

And I just realized how contradictory my statement came out, haha. I mean that I've never had a friend who has any speech impairments, I've only briefly encountered people who do.

[Woody]

haha I got your point. I didn't have any friends like that either but I've known a few who stuttered badly. Gee, I felt so sorry for them.

[Brittany Zedalis]

Yeah, for sure. It must be very frustrating.

[~]

A true reminder that our words matter, and how we should be cautious with them. not only when we tell them to others, but to ourselves too.

[Brittany Zedalis]

That's exactly what I meant in this poem, spot on! :) It was the result of some pretty cruel bullying (who knew adults bully? I sure didn't) but one of my favorite poems resulted from it, at least. Thank you for stopping by, moonskittles.

[~]

Ohh :( I am sorry.. next time, call me sister Luna!! :) i'll throw some vicious skittles their way!! :)

[Brittany Zedalis]

I surely will :) Thankfully I haven't spoken to them in..hmm...2 year or so, I think. But this poem still holds true for me with others.

[~]

Good choice!!!

[Zac]

Great poem
Has good depth to it.

[Brittany Zedalis]

Thank you very much.

[Zac]

I will enjoy reading more to come