Worse Than Words Poem by Faduma Fiasco

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me
as if thats true
you could never imagine the types of things words could do
intimidation near school aint all that cool
cussin' out your sisters your brothers
your daddy's your mother's
seems 2 me like the whole world's undercover
not always do words only hurt
it can mean love, joy but 4 some that's a first
we as humans only think about the worst
and sadly that is that words do and always hurt
but why the hate lyrics the hate crimes all around hating
why dont we understand as humans we're all failing
sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me
let's hope that's true
cuz fighting words aint the least of it
there's more worse things we can do! ! !