Words Break or Make

“A reflection on how easy it is to type before thinking.”

you horrible person
your words irritate me
fed up of reading them
on social media

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why can’t you just shut up
going on about your life
don’t you know it’s crap
and your colour scheme awful

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fingers tapping in reply
mind racing with words
harsh enough to bruise

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ah, there she goes again
bragging about her body
doesn’t she know it’s too thin
and those clothes—I despair

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hold on a minute
what is going on here
all those terrible replies
to personal posts

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they have families
who love them dearly
look up to them
cherish their unit

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words hurt
they tear down
leave quiet wounds

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if we could only stop
truly read what we typed
would we continue
or let the feeling pass

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life is hard and bitter
why make it harder
with cruel words that hurt

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Stop

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think

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would you want to read
those ugly lines
those slanders
on your own feed

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we should build up

not break down

what you give

you receive

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Written with care and with a recognition of what is going on today. I look at social media, the threads that inflame. Especially posts about figure heads. Yes, I am not disputing what is going on now in the world. The uncertainties, the wars, homelessness, taxes, immigration, cost of living, NHS, patriotism, - oh I could go on. An opinion matters – but opinion versus defamation? Regardless of a person’s status, there are vulnerable children and people that read those media posts.

Perhaps, I am just a voice that wonders in this ever changing world, who has a softeness and strangeness to things that should matter.