Have you minded the water?
Not the one for drinking
But in the eyes
Your words do bring!

Where they go and hit
You never paused to see
Never thought a bit
How painful they could be!

Once said they do hurt
Do bring pained surprise
Words you thought smart
Brought tears in the eyes!

But you had things to tell
Mouthful words to blurt
What if they crafted hell
Left a bruised heart!

In ten times if at least once
Had seen the shadowed face
You would’ve ached for penance
Searched ways for redress!