How Is The Pen Mightier Than The Sword?
He laughs,
How is the pen mightier than the sword?
A sword stabs and wounds
While a pen merely scribbles
“Words can never hurt me!”
He screams
As he wipes away the words scribbled
On his door
Reading “Go back to where you came from”
He weeps
He weeps
“Words can’t break me!”
He screams
As he reads a letter from the military
Stating his girlfriend
Is dead
Reading “Our deepest condolences”
He weeps
He weeps
“Words are nothing!”
He screams
As he hears his brother
Tell him once more
“I can stop if I want”
He weeps
He weeps
“Words are beautiful”
He whispers
As he watches
His wife moving her hands,
To sign --
“I do”
He weeps
He weeps
“Words are powerful”
He cries
As he reads
“Daddy, I love you”
He weeps
He weeps
“Words can stab”
He confesses
As he reads his son’s computer screen
“Just go kill yourself”
He weeps
He weeps
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