Portraying Poetry - Original Poems by. Julie

Words Hurt

"Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"

Thirteen words full of hidden meanings

and lies

So everytime

someone calls you a name

or talks behind your back

or spreads a rumor about you

another stick or another stone

instantly falls onto the ground

and then that stick or stone

doesn't seem so bad after all.