Challenge
words have power
murmurs and screams
words are air,
manipulated wisps
of oxygen
that wreak havoc
on ear drums.
words are ink,
smeared precisely,
exact and vague
all at once.
words are swords,
double edged
and sharpened
to the point
that just the
suggestion
of contact
draws blood.
words are change.
persuasion,
a distortion
of the universe,
of all the opinions
that holds it
together.
words are the soul,
emerging from lips,
slipping out through
cracks in the mind.
words are a reflection.
a disturbance.
a trigger.
everything.
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