Empty Words:

They say

sticks and stones may break my bones

but words cannot hurt me

oh how little they know

for you see

Some come with words 

to use as weapons

speaking in tongues

mostly forked

to speak ill to push the boundaries

they say words if good intent

lure you in and make you have belief

in them and their actions

trust grows and moments shared

until somehow something changes

and you become the giver

they the feeder

and 

when they have gorged 

eaten taken their fill

your left but a empty shell

their words rattle around inside

as they ask for more and more

you become self aware

of all they do an say

make a change 

with the last drop of strength

you change the course

live your life for you

an not them that wish to feed

more and more

they do not see 

they do not know

they just assume its the right thing to do

when you have rebelled 

pushed away what it is

that comes like a thief in the night

robs you of your virtue

faith and belief

trust and hope

they turn the screws

lash out in anger

for they are loosing control

not number one any more

when you don't come back to the fold

they intensify the anger

speaking of things not true

their viper tongues

hissing in your ears

involving others

pushing them away

so they can control you

for themselves

when it dawns on them so

you have gone 

they have lost their grip

they become the victim

and speak in tongues to others

making lies

to make you look bad 

it makes no odds to them

their words unashamed

in their hurtful content

they do not see

they do not feel

the torture and pain within

cast by a selfish mind

wanting nothing more

then all you can do for them

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I know that not ALL people we befriend are like this

or set out to hurt you in such a way

but it seems for me

the people I trust around me so

often end up using me

hurting me in their games

I am a solitary person

and live my life alone

I have seen and felt too much pain

to want to travel that road again

peace and solitude 

allow me to be me

without the need to have to do something

that gets me nothing in return

when I may need it so

I am lucky to be honest

I have people around me

I adore love and trust

and know in my heart

out of the hundred who come

and who go

they are always by my side

I thank you for that

always


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