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Words


Sticks and stone will laugh at you But words But words Will always hurt you Cut you Beat you Erase you Can you hear the words indulged in panic? Organic, Magnetic, Gigantic, Gigantic Word cascading, Cold and stile. Eating my flesh with a laugh of pride Words that once gratified my very insides Seem to climb out my mouth so dirty and dry My Throat throbbing with glass I’m sorry I didn’t mean to harass I’m sorry I’m not the brightest in the class It’s not my fault I couldn’t surpass Until I can spit up these words I cannot determine these words What are these words? My Tongues, my Teeth Held high in these words These words prayed for you. When will these words make break through? These words have burned passion into my skin Playing the violin within Killing the air in the wind Twist my eyes into nothing Crumble my teeth into dust Turn my tongue into ash These word this rash killing my innocents. The taste of spoiled agony These Words have never fought for me; I guess these words weren’t meant for me This isn’t what its spouse to be. These words have robed my very entity. But I have to say these words meant the world to me God please let these words rain down on me These words are over due Give me time to review so my soul won’t mildew. Under the shining light of this broken news These words, this parasite, climbing through my tissue I wish to the heavens these words could be true. I LOVE YOU f
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