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Words Versus Swords

Harmony Mendelow 1945 (Brooklyn, New York)

March 22 
Rhymed
Words can be swords
If left untamed
What’s the intention behind the phrase
Was it meant to be kind
Or was someone then blamed

Did you repair the spoken tear
Or further rip open the hole that was there

Did you ever notice how the words
“I’m sorry”
Can change the course
Of the whole conversation

From fear and bitterness
To love and forgiveness
From anger and resentment
To open contentment

And all that can happen
And change on a dime
As opposed to what festers
And lasts a lifetime

About this poem

The intense power of words and how much they can affect you.

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Written on 2020

Submitted by dezyner1111 on March 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXBB CC XXXD EEBB DFAF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 494
Words 94
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 2, 4, 4, 4
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2 Comments
  • dezyner1111
    dezyner1111
    What a beautiful message about my poem. Thank you so much for really getting it.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
    • Symmetry58
      Symmetry58
      It is easy to compliment beautiful work. ;-)
      LikeReply2 years ago
  • Symmetry58
    Symmetry58
    Not only can something as simple as "I'm sorry" change the state of those we aim it toward, but for us as well when we utter it. It truly is amazing this human mind and how we borage and berate within the confine of the mind when all we need do is reverse course to freedom and forgiveness. I love this piece, Harmony. It is as true as true is. 
    LikeReply2 years ago

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