Freak <br />Reject <br />Outcast <br />Loner <br />Retard <br /> <br />What else do you want to call me. <br />What else have you got to say. <br />Im not backing down. <br />Im not running away. <br />*** <br />Words can be weapons. <br />If thrown like blades. <br />They can pierce the heart. <br />Without any aid. <br /> <br />No one knows the effects. <br />Words can wield. <br />Ignorance is bliss. <br />Believe is the shield. <br /> <br />Words have the power. <br />To defeat the strong. <br />Break down the bravest. <br />When used for wrong. <br /> <br />A girl commits suicide. <br />Because of a name. <br />She wont get justice. <br />For the price she paid. <br /> <br />The bully who spoke. <br />And drove her to death. <br />Wont go to jail. <br />Or live in regret. <br /> <br />Does that seem fair? <br />Does that seem right? <br />A girl so sweet. <br />Gone in the night. <br /> <br />There is no charge. <br />For words used for wrong. <br />The person wont pay. <br />For the life that is gone. <br /> <br />The person wont care. <br />The family will cry. <br />They'll blame themselves. <br />And wonder why. <br /> <br />Why their daughter. <br />Had to commit suiside. <br />Why she isnt breathing. <br />Why she had to die. <br /> <br />A conversation wielded for hurt. <br />A message sent for pain. <br />A weapon of the tounge. <br />But who will ever gain? <br />*** <br />Freak <br />Reject <br />Outcast <br />Loner <br />Retard <br /> <br />Stick and stones thats what they say. <br />You'll lie and tell them its all okey. <br />They'll break your bones you'll recite the lines. <br />Maybe it wont be so bad this time. <br />Because with your shirt and faded ripped jeans. <br />You'll say to yourself names will never hurt me <br /> <br />But thats just a lie<br /><br />Silence Dogood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-weapon-of-the-tounge/
