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We all carry a concealed weapon All have since we've been young Sharp as a knife, used a lot in life The weapon is the tongue It has the power to cut you down Bring you to your knees Also strong enough to lift you up Both it does with ease Yes, it can lift you up Or it can cut you down The latter is done far to often Stabbing at the slightest sound The problem with this weapon Is the lack of self control It comes out slicing and dicing As if backed against a wall We even turn it on ourselves And carve like we're abstract art Leaving not a mark upon the flesh But wounding deep the heart I've talked of using it as a knife But it also doubles as a gun Firing from long distances Beware the weapon in use...The Tongue
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Mar 15, 2014
Mar 15, 2014 at 9:49 AM UTC
The Weapon
We all carry a concealed weapon All have since we've been young Sharp as a knife, used a lot in life The weapon is the tongue It has the power to cut you down Bring you to your knees Also strong enough to lift you up Both it does with ease Yes, it can lift you up Or it can cut you down The latter is done far to often Stabbing at the slightest sound The problem with this weapon Is the lack of self control It comes out slicing and dicing As if backed against a wall We even turn it on ourselves And carve like we're abstract art Leaving not a mark upon the flesh But wounding deep the heart I've talked of using it as a knife But it also doubles as a gun Firing from long distances Beware the weapon in use...The Tongue
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Mar 15, 2014
Mar 15, 2014 at 9:49 AM UTC
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