Words

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"Sticks and stones
may break my bones
But words
will never hurt me"

First of all bullshit.

"The little woman that started the war".
Harriet Beecher Stowe. She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Words are mighter than the sword, is that not the saying?

Bones heal and bruises fade but
broken hearts?

There cracks reverberate throughout our lives.

Broken hearts have started wars and inspired the best literature in history.

Broken hearts are made through words.

From believing you could never be good enough
Because that exactly what you've been told.

Words are a match in a room full of gasoline that would blow up a small country.

Words are the tipping point on the scales of life.

If you are immune to words I'd love to know the secret.

But right now I'm going to poor the words I have into this.

Words have hurt me but
They've saved me all the same
-Me

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