I understand physics and chemistry
I understand pain and love
I understand how I broke the chains I was bound by
But I don't understand words
How can something pain someone so deeply
While bearing the greatest joy to someone
Delicately placed, strokes of handcrafted art
Telling me I'm worthless
I don't understand them
Invisible things that help and heal
Burn and deceive, revealing old wounds
The invented passageway to our hearts and souls
So beautiful, but so very complex
Why do they lie?
I will never understand them.