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
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