Words Are Swords
© 1999 Elizabeth L. Clark

Words are swords to 
the soul, cutting to
the core, rending
the inner flesh.

Words once said 
cause the bleeding
to begin, flowing
out as tears.

Words must cut
sometimes,
severing ties,
cutting out a new path.

We all have blood 
on our hands,
from using
words that cut,

words like swords,
cutting to the core,
used in love,
used in need.

We all have caused 
someone, somewhere,
sometime, 
to bleed.