If Words Could Kill
If Words Could Kill.
D.R. Factor
If I wrote poetry. Would you notice me?
Or am I just a casualty of a cruel society?
Would you laugh at me?
Make fun of me?
Exposed my vulnerability
To the whole community.
If I took the time to write a song
Would you sing along?
Or would you make believe
You don't remember me?
Or the part of me
That broken heart in me
That creates the artistry
Out of the insanity.
If I showed any kind of humanity.
Would you banish me?
Riddle me with profanity?
Would you discriminate, or intimidate?
World forbid we assimilate.
What will it take to bend your will?
It takes more courage to love
Than strength to kill
Would you reveal the secrets that scars conceal
If a bleeding heart had a chance to heal?
A man shot John Lennon in the back
When all he asked was give peace a chance.
And they killed Dr. Martin Luther King
When he dared to put faith in a Dream.
And what of the son of man, Jesus Christ.
Do you remember why they took his life?
Tell me what's so threatening about love and peace,
Or hopes and dreams of equality,
Or forgiving those who have done wrong to me,
So mankind might live in harmony?
When life could depend on a single word
Between what you said and what they heard
Would you share your thoughts on how you feel?
Would you express yourself on what was real?
Would you tell the world what it needs to heal?
If words you spoke could get you killed?
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