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Spoken words

Story ID:2416
Written by:Kathleen Blanchfield
Story type:Poem
Location:kilkenny Eire Ireland
Year:2007
Person:My husband
SPOKEN WORDS

The idle tongue may hurt much more
Than the angry clenched fist blow;
Idle gossip causes more pain
Where`re in life we go.

Sorely wounded flesh and bone,
In time for sure will heal,
But the hurt that`s done by idle tongues,
Will fester and congeal.

The kindest heart it will freeze up
Amd render spirits low,
When anger turns our precious words,
On family friends and foe.

God granted us the gift of speech,
And reason to reflect;
Let us make sure our spoken words
come gentle with respect.

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