Words

Your words cut me

like daggers

pressing into my heart

opening up old wounds

ripping me apart

 

Tears form in my eyes

a flowing river of pain

Causing blood to pour

from my shattered veins

 

Broken I fall

into a well of despair

a fragmented being

struggling for air

 

Murdered by rage  

by words that destroy

I become lost in the arms

of an endless void

 

Your radar is set to kill

your mouth full of poisonous darts

that fly with precision 

and always hit their mark  

 

You're a vicious animal

wounded and in pain

but you don’t want any help

you're too dangerous and vain

 

You think you’ve destroyed me

but from the ashes I’ll rise

You can cut me and bruise me

but I refuse to die

 

You love to cause pain

make yourself heard

But at the end of the day

they’re nothing but words

 

Reviews

[quinfinn]

words are a very powerful weapon. when you take away their meaning you take away their power. this is a great piece of writing. did you mean "daggers" in the first verse, or was "dangers" intentional...either one is very effective...call it curiosity...?

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you and yes daggers was what I meant,thank you for pointing that out :)

[quinfinn]

always at your service, m'lady

[Carolann Dowsett]

Haha well thank you very much :)

[KeeD]

Your radar is set to kill
your mouth full of poisonous darts
that fly with precision
and always hit their mark -- excellently penned.

I could actually see you writing a hunger games or something very powerful but modern if you were up to it. You have the perfect balance of pain and strength in your pieces. You always bring out the underdog, trust me we've all been it atleast once in our life and make them have hope to succeed.
Cheers to not taking s**t. Carolann you rock!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you Kee glad you enjoyed it :)

[Frankie O'Brien]

This is very true, they may hurt but at the end of the day there just words :) love it

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Frieda P]

Oh the painful betrayal of words, they can wound us or heal us, take us to great heights or but us to the bone.

'they're nothing but words'

....nice one!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thanks Frieda :)

[Jack...]

Hurtful words can destroy, but only if you listen. Very nice.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Richard Man]

Your poetry wails, it hurts, it hates.... your prose heals, it loves.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Wow ok interesting observation. Thank you :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Anger is our most powerful tool.
"You think you’ve destroyed me
but from the ashes I’ll rise
You can cut me and bruise me
but I refuse to die"
Sometime people will test us. Like you said in the poem. We must refuse to die. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Carolann Dowsett]

That is true. :) Thank you so much.

[Devanshu Rajput]

You have written this great piece against those who are mercyless,stoneheart...they could kill a person but not the emotions that would tease him forever...word is more stronger than any sword...lovely piece...

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Devanshu Rajput]

your welcome

[Night]

...spoken like a true warrior of God...=)

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Inda]

No one can keep you down!

[Carolann Dowsett]

True though many try :) Thank you Inda.