Poetry by a Stranger

Empty Words

"You're gay!"
"You're such a slut!"
"You're nothing!"

Words. They are the way we communicate. Words are the way be bring light to the ideas hiding in the depths of our minds. To stir up diversity, to make people think.

There is more to words than just communication.

Words are my paints and a pen is my brush.

Words are what I use in the creation of art, it is how I make people think, I stir up diversity and say something with

Meaning

Those words do have meaning.

But those who use those words, are blind to their meaning and the weight that they carry

They say them like its nothing, but they are blind to the dirty truth under their words.

Every time someone says something like,

"You're gay!"
"You're such a slut!"
"You're nothing!"

They are throwing my paints away, soiling them with the dirt in their words.
They are snapping my pens. And laughing.

They are breaking the flag that I carry. I am one of many writers in this world, and I represent, we all do. From the well known to those who are not.

And it is not just me that you are effecting.

You are blind to the person jumping from a 35 story building.

You are blind to the knife running across an arm of an innocent girl who can't avoid the pain.

You are blind to the guy in gym class that isn't all that great at sports.

So next time, think.
Open your eyes.
And see the harsh reality.