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A pen may be mighty, and the tongue may be strong But the brain is the most powerful - For everything else that follows, simply tags along It thinks all of your thoughts, and tells you what to move But can make you say the words you wrote [with the pen] - As if by speaking, a point you can prove But after it’s been said, you cannot take it back While the mouth may be closed, and the words scribbled out - With the pen placed back atop the paper stacks No matter how hard you try to grasp, at the words floating in the air And despite your attempts to mend, the wounds you have left The meaning behind your words, will always be there So think really hard, before you start to speak For it is near impossible to tell When someone’s will starts to become weak A simple utterance of an insult, no matter how disguised Can have the power, in any communicable form To make someone want to act, on their death plans they’ve carefully devised Within a society, that depends on the media to pass around Personal information is easily leaked, And lead to another body, placed beneath the ground We have forgotten what it means, to speak with select few About thing said in confidence Meant only to be heard by you And because of this, so many take it, upon themselves to spread These words like wildfires across a prairie, We only know the effect we have, when the subject has been found dead The impact our words have, are greater than we think We say so many mean and cruel things to people when the connection with our brains and mouth, seems to be missing a link It is then that we discover, the turmoil we have caused And the push we have given someone To put their life on permanent pause I apologize for the youth, who have forgotten the old ways Of monitoring what is said, within today’s day and age So much has happened, and much still needs to be done But I believe eventually, one will rise above it all, and give peace and hope to everyone
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