I never imagined

such a word

Would hurt so much,

I never thought

It’d put so much doubt

in my mind

I never knew

A word like that,

Could build walls up

Around what I willingly gave you,

I never saw,

The power behind such a word,

The way it makes me such a fool,

I never imagined

that you’d say that word,

To her,

Why,

Why do these thoughts now consume,

Why,

Why does this burn

Why,

Why did I see it at all

That one word

Changed everything,

When you said it to another girl.

One word

Has a lot of a power,

It can build a person up,

Make them smile and swell,

But it can tear a person down,

Make them cry and hurt and insecure,

It can be a warm blanket in cold of winter,

Or it can be a grenade thrown at the weak

One word.