Words are special in their own way Often utilised everyday Reaching authority and power Develop or devour? Persuasive speech can rewrite truth. Ostensibly, this question could be part of this ploy. Winner or Loser? Everyone uses words to determine their victory. Realise that the truth has now taken a twist…
Arnold was a very literal boy, taking everything that was said to word. On multiple occasions, when his mother said something like “walk to the shops and buy some pasta” he would walk there and never come back- as his instructions never specified him to. His mother found it humorous and light-hearted, however she would …
8 Billion 1 word 8 Billion interpretations What means to you means not to others To each their own What it is? Is yours to decide A Hate to one A love to another A word Each ear perceives What the others don’t And each heart hears What the others never consider 8 Billion meanings …
I know people with guardians people reared. I know fewer people who were raised- people with parents. A parent who offers the hand rather than raise it whose fat-knuckled fingers atop their creased palms outstretch but never strike The car nearly crashes and your mothers hand splays over your chest instead of her own as …
Words don’t have power. Why should we say, They do. Words can’t hurt me. Don’t believe people that say, Words affect us all, They don’t. They hurt the ones that allow them in, They only hurt the weak, Some say, All words have a meaning, They are powerful. Because they- Hurt, Offend, Break down, Scare, …
I sit on the field, children racing past me shouting and screaming.. I wish they wouldn’t waste their words when so many had lost theirs. I talk in my head. Chatting to an angel who flies about my shoulders, taking in every word. We call our voices our ‘Powers’. However, I don’t think my voice …
I remember when we were all at school. And we used to throw Gluesticks at the ceilings. Cause we wanted to and what was she going to do Miss F there’s 30 of and one of you But then the glues fell down Fraser’s tears had to dry I don’t think it was malicious no, …
Power A tool for greatness. Or so ‘they’ say, A personified instrument we all desperately want, Or need? Needed by the weak The oppressed And the suppressed. By us, not you. Us. Those of us like me born with a whisper Not a roar In a world where the loud one’s rule and the quiet …
