but words will never hurt me.”
word pain
Armed with words against words,
waving flags of false bravado
we declared impotent
the taunt, the name, the belittlement,
giving no satisfaction, no tears of pain
while inside, our very souls reddened,
shrinking backward into the darkness
where the real pain lives,
a caged animal with claws
less easily provoked with age
but still strong enough to bite.
©2014 Noreen Braman
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