Better than knives <br />Of fine pointed steel <br />Which pierce, so the hurt <br />Lingers, painful and long, <br />Are weapons of words <br />Which, when thoughtlessly used, <br />Sink deeper than flesh, <br />Twist sharper, drive inward, <br />To injure the strongest of strong.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thoughtless-words/
