“A Word I’d Silence”

“A Word I’d Silence”

If I could hush one word from human tongues,

I’d choose the one thrown when patience is none.

Not cursed in sound, yet cruel in use,

A word that wounds without leaving a bruise.

“Useless,” they say—so easily cast,

As if a life could be judged that fast.

As if a soul were a broken tool,

Measured only by another’s rule.

But seeds look useless buried in dirt,

Storms look useless till they wash the hurt.

Even silence has work to do,

Even pauses help hearts renew.

So ban the word, not to mute the truth,

But to give language a little more youth.

Replace it with learning, becoming, still,

For growth takes time—and always will.

Because words are mirrors, not just sound,

They show the depth of the minds that surround.

Speak with care, let kindness be proof—

A gentle word can make pain aloof.

Some words don’t describe people—they delay their becoming.

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