Words are created for understanding <br />They birth your knowlegde <br />But some they create your mood. <br /> <br />They challenge your wisdom <br />They mold your lives <br />And often your're effected by criticism. <br /> <br />Some words they give life <br />And encourage your heart <br />To do the best you can. <br /> <br />Yet some are said <br />They put you down <br />To make you sit up and stand. <br /> <br />Some words depend <br />On who says them <br />This can develope a mental film. <br /> <br />That plays over and over <br />In the back roads of your mind <br />Dispite the time they were in. <br /> <br />They are said to change you <br />To strenthen your backbone <br />But instead it weakens the flesh. <br /> <br />So what do you do <br />To honor contructive critism <br />When actually it hurts the heart. <br /> <br />You tell the world to take cover now <br />Because you're in charge <br />Of making a new start.<br /><br />Cecelia Weir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-a-word/
