Bend and Break

Your words cannot destroy me
Unless I let them get to me
Your words about my image
Your words about my shape
You say I lack intelligence
At least you say it to my face.
You say I'm fat and ugly,
And use "retarded" the wrong way
You're bending these words' meanings
The way society does today.
Now don't get me wrong,
Your words can hurt.
They can bend, and they can break.
But your words cannot destory me,
Unless I think of them that way.
There are plenty of intelligent phrases
Said of words and of their power
Of the way they slice and dice
Like an unrelentless knife
Slash and bash into a soul
Sheathe your sword in words untold
Think and think of what you say
Before you let it get that way
Because even though you can't destory
You can cause the bend and break
Shatter into pieces small
Spatter on the floors and walls
Because even though no harm is seen
You don't know what your words mean
Until you hear them used that way
The invisible harm is seen.
See the tortured minds and souls
Filled with stories, all untold
Because even though you can't destory,
Your words can bend and break.
Now, this may all seem a bit confusing,
Let me make this clear.
Think and think of what you say,
And of what the person
Is going to hear.
Your words may not seem mean to you,
But to a different ear,
Your words have caused the bend and break
And destruction only comes near
Whispering in the victim's earlier p
I'm hear, I'm the mercy spoken
Close your eyes, and unawoken
Fall into your endless slumber
Take a nap 6 feet under
Because even though I'm the door
Into the end of this corruption
Think of what your family will say
If they become the interruption
The hospital
The blinding white walls
All because you heard the cause
The words that cause the bend and break
And only bring you closer to
An eternity's destruction.