liars say words have
no power tell you
about sticks & stones
words will do more than
break bones they can make
you invisible undo you cage you
words can kill
steal land & freedom
take away your humanity
words build nations design flags
& inform armies marching on
other words killing them making
them illegitimate along with the
folks who will become extinct
homogenized dissapeared assimilated
murdered along with the worldview
the lost words held
words can put a gun to your
temple pull the trigger &
forget you were ever born
words dress thought in flesh
so it can strut around
holding you down for
centuries words are
cures curses hexes
spells reasoning walking
words create &
erase debase & uplift
trick and comfort
enlighten & confuse
words can be villains
quite capable of
breaking bones
don’t get it backwards
beware sdrow