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Sticks and stones

'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me'

Have you ever head that before?

I have.

The first time I heard it was when shiro was trying to cheer me up when James talked about my parents.

When I first heard it I called bullshit on it.

I still do.

Shiro doesn't seem to understand why I didn't like it. But I have my reasons.

See stocks and stones may break my bones but words hurt too. Broken bones can be repaired and leave a scar to laugh at it soon but words aren't the same. Words leave a scar in the brain, in the soul, in the heart and it hurts way more than broken bones. Words are what haunt me in my sleep and leave me waking up in a sweat. Words are something I remember unlike scars that I may forget in the future.

I've been from home to home in foster care and I've been told may things that I still remember up until now.

I've been told things now even as we fight in a intergalactic war with a race I share the same blood with.

I've heard and been told may thing to my face or behind my back that leave scars that I will always remember.

So when I'm told that words won't hurt I will always say bullshit. Because words do hurt. Sometimes even worse than broken bones.