With Words...
Words are extremely potent as in the Boyzone song "Words," while the Word of God says death and life are in the power of the tongue, hence writing this seemed only too perfect. And yet finishing it, I am wondering whether I credited words with too much power?
(sonnet # CCCCXV)
With words you make me miniscule: I shrink
Down low in fear and dread, yea hide my face
Away, lest shame's grim rouge paint my disgrace
Abroad for all to witness, as I drink
The bitter draught of scorn and spite. I blink
Back tears for private, gentler moment's grace,
When all alone shall temper that flow, space
Enow for such reflections, as I sink.
Again, with words you build me up to fly
Above the ugly lies, the strife that tears
Our little selves and lives; you buoy me by
Such hope and cheer, by love and truth, 'til cares
Seem lighter and I've strength to walk. Oh aye.
Just words. Mere syllables drive our affairs?
29Dec11
D57b
Alas, words only have the power we give them. On their own they are quite benign things. Excellent Jen!
You bring the lip-trembling, heart-quaking power of the bitter word to life with passion and aplomb in this admirably penned sonnet, Jenny. It puts me in mind of Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol; "... Yet each man kills the thing he loves/ By each let this be heard,/Some do it with a bitter look,/ Some with a flattering word..." A superb write.
This is an exceptional write. Words can hurt about as much as they can heal, and you've certainly captured the power they yield in your fine example here. 10* Powerfully penned.
They are more powerful than you think. they can stir to action
Exceedingly well wrought. In my experience, hurtful words define nothing so much as the source from whence they sprang.
Bee Gees song "Words" A great subject for this fine sonnet, Jenny.
Words are pwerful iindeed and this sonnet is nothing short of brilliant...Recommended