Some words
Soothe your soul
And sketch
Delicate flower petals
On the canvas
Of your heart

Carefully nurturing the
Moss green
And the rose pink
As the colors come
Alive

And there are words
That scream exclamation
Points
Drenched in red

Or break your canvas and
Throw it in the trash

Words that lay a wreath of
Remembrance
Or add a tune of melancholy
To your song
Composed on breezy
Summer nights

Words that heal
And ones that hurt
Even when no sticks
And stones are around