# .38 Pencil

This is an introspective piece looking back at many of my pieces and the course of my writing history both good and bad. I think it's important to give consideration to the ripples we make in life

This pencil is .38 Special

My words were bullets 

Who's targets were always substantial

I've killed monsters in this world

I've destroyed lives as emptied casings dropped

Around this pen my fingers curled

One shot within the confines of a mind

Ricocheting collateral damage

Too many death certificates this hand has signed

This weapon in hand to make a better reality

But I'm no god

Power is a double edged sword and a twisted duality

These bullets sunk into flesh

Not their body, heart never stopped

But their mind and soul wounds forever fresh

Every piece a cacophony of lead

Every carefully crafted theme

A menacing barrel placed against another proverbial head

I sought through force to create change

I looked but did not see

All the lives my hand would rearrange

How many times did I reload?

Best of intentions

But always the chamber in my mind would unload

Too many ideals and sentiments I've bolstered

Never calculating

Should my weapon have just stayed holstered

Author's Note

If you read it say something, it isn't art if it doesn't create emotion or discussion

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

no...i don't believe the weapon should be holstered...the pen is mightier than the sword they say...but as poets...what we do is necessary...we are the ones who need to talk about the worst...to let others know they are not alone...and Emily Dickinson once said..."words have the power to kill, they also have the power to heal"
love that image of placing the barrel against another proverbial head.
wow.
j.

[unsavable_soul]

Appreciate it J. I looked back at a lot of my old works and drama that occurred on WC, how I fed into harm with weapon like words, the pain my pen could create rather than alleviate. Realized I let myself detour from why I ever started writing. I think it's important to give some introspection to all things of self.
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