Hurtful Words

They ring in ears for years to come As chords of stunning hurt they strum And resonate on mental strings: All those spoken, hurtful things. Those who spoke the hurtful words Which roll like balls of billiards Inside our heads eternally Care not of damage they don’t see But all the pain, their words have caused Which haunts us every time we’ve paused Will form our lives; impact our fate And of our lives will educate And of those words we can’t forget No longer do we care or fret For there are higher planes we see Of justified ascendency For ones who spoke: We've moved on, And know your words won't be withdrawn. Forgiveness we may one day let, but … Your hurtful words we can’t forget.