Power of a Word

The age old encounter of emotion and mind The battle for pride and for place Emerges a power unmistakably vile A weapon of utmost disgrace With a sharpened wit and a slight of tounge And that it comes with the greatest of ease In nothing more than a second it can Bring a person down hard on their knees It can break a hard heart and the strongest of souls Rip through a persons own thoughts It can devastate lives of many and one With neither a gun, a dagger nor sword It destroys within minutes things thought to be strong Things created with time to endure Memories offer no support from the pain As the anger screams offering more As your body implodes and the trembling sets deep Even more than the want to be heard the havoc, the pain, devastation indeed Was caused by the use of one word James Thomas Mahauariki Copyright © 2009