Words can be ones of respect
Words can be cutting and cruel
But never can there be ones to reject
To allow sensitivities to rule
For words allow us to criticize
And also give to open insight
They can even ostracize
And they certainly can make us fight
They are the embodiment of man
For we are passionate and colorful beings
Never should it be ones plan
To deny us to express all of our seeing's
Quantify us and although we may be offended
We must not allow offense to censor
For then meanings become upended
And opening the door for an ignorance even denser
Woe to those who would punish or jail
Opinions and thoughts of any others
For even my enemies are allowed to rail
For in this freedom we are brothers
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You are depicting very powerfully the power of the words... which affect others.......... thank you dear poet for raising this point.