Hurting Words Poem by Miranda Dodge

My pain it hurts
My words that were said
Not only me
But others were hurt
Not meant to be harsh
Violent to read
Deep to the heart
It hits the hardest
Hardest of all
Not meaning to hit
Making a fire
That never grows weak
Burn and burn
No water or river
No helping out
No putting it out
That fire is words
That were not meant to be said
Written on down
Purest emotion within the speech
One who was the victim
Has now become the Abuser