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Sticks And Stones

Words are harmless, so they say,

That's where the problem starts;

Sticks and stones

May break our bones

But words will break our hearts.

 

 

Words are harmless, so they say,

And point you to their charts;

It's harmless fun,

No damage done.

But... Who will mend our hearts?

 

 

The x-rays show no damage

Where words have scathed across,

But it still feels hard to manage,

And leaves you at a loss.

 

 

Words are harmless, don't complain,

That's where the problem starts.

It's quite absurd-

A single word-

Enough to break our hearts!

 

 

But words are harmless, they maintain;

The subject of their parts,

No less or more,

So let them pour

From all our broken hearts

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Written by
nigel-finn
Published
Nov 27, 2015
Lines·Words
24·116
Notes

“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts” is a quote I have stolen directly from Robert Fulghum.

In my defence, he'd already stolen half of that quote himself.

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