Words



Words are very powerful
They bind and they set free
They suggest to the will
What to think and to feel
And I must limit their power over me
They come from the mouths of enemies
From the mouths of those we adore
Just the same, its a war
With our words we allure
I must limit their power over me
Rather then say some words I would leave
They can be a snare
They can leave me bare
I can't let them have that power over me
They suggest to the will
What to think and to feel
They suggest to the heart
What is real and is not
I won't let them have that power over me
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abCDbeffgbhiibCDjkb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 119
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

Desiree Brooks

I am a nurse and a mother of three grown children. I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager. I love expressing myself on paper. I am a pastor's wife. We pastor a small church in Media, Pa. We are presently debating with a group of people on U-Tube who say that the world will end on May 21, 2011. Our U-Tube channel is, pastorBillandDesi more…

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