Sticks & Stones

Sticks & Stones

We all heard that saying:

“Sticks and stones may break my bones,

but them words would never hurt me.”

That may be true

but is it reality?

Cause them words may not hurt me

but they stay with me

Hide deep down within me

Haunt me, tear me

Scare me, tease me

Those words live in me

Feed off me

Emotionally drain me

Those sticks and stones only hurt temporarily

But those words drive me into insanity

So, “Sticks and stones may break my bones,

but them words would never hurt me”

Is that reality

Or is it sophistry?

Maybe it’s true metaphorically

But literally

We need a new saying like:

“Sticks and stones may break my bones

but them words could emotionally

kill me.”