O, do not fear <br />four-letter words; <br />you need not tremble <br />at shallow vocabulary <br />of deep penetrative words <br /> <br /> <br />do not quiver <br />as if there’s a blade <br />held at your throat <br />for someone uttered <br />an indecent despised word <br /> <br /> <br />do not bring on hell <br />because the reverence was broken <br />by vowels and consonants <br />that shaped into <br />an explosive vacuum <br />of notorious stench words <br /> <br /> <br />O, do not fear <br />four-letter words; <br />you need not tremble <br />at shallow vocabulary <br />of deep penetrative words <br /> <br /> <br />if you will <br />look deep <br />into your own mind <br />if you see what <br />goes on there <br />then perhaps <br />you’ll understand <br />why you recoil <br />why you quiver <br />and why you dump them <br />in the trash can for <br />filthy dirty words <br /> <br /> <br />for a word is a word <br />and it’s only <br />one’s thoughts <br />and common acceptance <br />that makes words <br />blue or purple <br /> <br /> <br />O, do not fear <br />four-letter words; <br />you need not tremble <br />at shallow vocabulary <br />of deep penetrative words <br /> <br /> <br />no you need not <br />display the words <br />at your door <br />or mansion; <br />you need not <br />wear them <br />like garlands <br />or like a diamond ring <br />and surely you need not <br />fear them <br />nor need your pulse beat faster <br />(as when you’re having sex) <br />simply at the utterance <br />of outcast four-letter words <br /> <br /> <br />O, so my dear gentle <br />gentle souls, <br />do not fear <br />four-letter words; <br />you need not tremble <br />at shallow vocabulary <br />of deep penetrative words<br /><br />Raj Arumugam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-you-gentle-souls-do-not-fear-four-letter-words/
