Words

Funny things, words.

Words can be beautiful. They can paint beauteous pictures of impossible places. They can breathe life into monstrous creatures and delicate faeries. They can weave heroic tales of epic battles and whisper sweet nothings of true love.

From time to time
A tale of crime
Or freaky slime
The words align
And form a rhyme

Words are also very fickle.

Words can end the lives of criminals. Words can make empires fall. Words can lash out sharper and cut deeper than and blade. Words can destroy a man, from the inside, out. Words can not only make men kill each other, but also themselves. Words, even used innocently, can inadvertently become a dagger in ones heart.

Words, especially those unspoken, can be immensely heavy. They can weigh you down like so many chains. They can fester, rotting you from the inside.

I, myself, have many words that have past their time.

I'm sure you do, too