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The truth....

 Sticks and stones may break my bones

But words can also hurt me.

Stones and sticks break only skin
....
    Slant and curved the word swords fall
While words are ghosts that haunt me.
To pierce and stick inside me.
Bats and bricks may ache through bones
But words can mortify me.

Pain from words has left its scar
On mind and heart that’s tender.
Cuts and bruises now have healed;
It’s words that I remember.

-Barrie Wade


Words hurt but it can't be seen with the eyes ; Only the heart can feel the pain;

Anger does it's thing in second but its sympathy and guilt that sticks in the memory.

Usually its not what we say that matters but how its said that matters. 

If what you want to tell me isn’t true, isn’t good, and isn’t even useful, why would I want to hear it?

But since we live in a "fast-moving world" we don't even find the time to think or even look back at what hurt the other person. Why don't we set aside some to just watch our words and the impact they have.

The pain caused by unpleasant words is much more unbearable and lasting than a physical injury. 

 -Bharathi Senthilkumar

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  1. Madhuvanthi19 May 2021 at 22:12

    "words are ghosts that haunt me" Beautifully written. I am in awe of your thought process.

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