A WORD
Oh yes, a word can hurt,
if spit at us - with contempt,
with anger. Oh yes. Oh yes.
What’s worse, sometimes
it can pierce our ear drum
and remain - like a barking,
biting Rottweiler in our mind,
in our memory, in our soul,
for years and years and years
and only telling another
of the hurt and hearing a
a calming or understanding
word from them can there
be healing. Oh yes. Oh yes.
© Andy Costello, Reflections,
2015
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