Western Walkabout: Words –
Richard Harris’s poem concerns those powerful tools and weapons – words.
Can sting
Can’t be unsaid
Can’t break your skin
But can break your heart.
Be careful what you say.
It may come back to haunt you
All the days of your life
And it was only words.
Had it not been for the reaction
You’d have forgotten
You’d given utterance to
Those offending symbols of concepts
You’d have been better off
As a dumb animal.
Do you really believe that?
Course not, it’s only words.
