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Sticks and Stones

Sticks and stones leave cuts and bruises, but words go deep, and feelings it chooses .

Wounds go away as times go by. But saying words don't hurt. That is a lie .

The intense mellows I hear in the voice. It's as if I have to make a choice,

to let it flow by in the wind or let it replay over and over again .

The sorrow I hear when someone regrets , they know the pain they cause you.

Even when they move on and forget, the cut still seeps inside you .

A broken record you hear the same parts , a chorus of a song .

The simple words that pierced you deep, were there all along .

You can't erase what you heard, the permanent ink bleeds through your soul.

It becomes so heavy you can't take the pain then it imprint its hole .

What you once thought of words, things you use everyday can damage and destroy when used the wrong way. My freedom of speech is just as good.

But you wonder why its criticised when I don't tell a lie.

When I'm real, its wrong.

When I'm right, It's passed along .

But when I hurt someone time stops.

Time stops fot them as it once did for me when I seen that imperfection they pointed out .

And when I realize that it will never go away .

It's easy to be observant than admitting, because once you admit its set in stone and the denial all fades.

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jkela-smith
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Jul 19, 2011
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