Form: Tongue Twister
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| Image by StockSnap from Pixabay |
Be Kind
Sweet and sugary, sticky saccharine syrup
Sour and stinging sharp
Salty
Bitter and broken
A silver tongue can shiver and sliver and shred a soul
Sticks and stones shatter and smash
Words can crush and cripple
Fragment and fracture
Hammer a heart and split it in pieces
Restore, repair, and rebuild
Speak life
Twist your tongue to treat the trauma
Be benevolent, beneficent, good
Be kind
I really like the combination of silver with "shiver, sliver and shred." It has a nice rhythm and feel.
ReplyDeleteI'm picturing this as a spoken word piece!
ReplyDeleteSticks and stones batter the surface but words strike at the soul. Well-written tongue twister with an important message.
ReplyDeleteJade Li at http://tao-talk.com