Words hurt more than a punch ever could
They pierce and punch and pummel
All at once, no pause, no relief
Then they repeat, inside
Because you don't forget
And you only remember the bad
Your body will change, grow, heal, hurt, die
The pain will go away
But your mind is eternal
It doesn't heal
It doesn't change
It knows what it's told
She was told:
You are stupid
You are annoying
You are ugly
You are stubborn
You are boring
Her mind knows:
It is stupid
It is annoying
It is ugly
It is stubborn
It is boring
And it hurts
And she won't forget
And she'll beat herself up over how to fix it
But she can't
Every insult pierces, punches, pummels,
It takes more than one compliment
To ease the pain of each insult
It takes more than one lifetime
To heal the mind
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Of Humans and Kings
Poetry"With her firestorm eyes and her watery soul It dripped away in pieces, no longer whole" A collection.
