Words are interesting, right?
They’re just letters we string together and decide to add spaces in between.
We have so many rules for words, and what they do.
We learn them from early on,
Something as simple as “I love you."
We wait and wait for someone to say it to us.
Or we write our favorite quotes on the wall,
write them on out hands,
highlight them in our books.
We send them to friends for inspiration.
Some people know exactly how to do it,
exactly how to describe a smell or a feeling or how something looks.
Some words make us cry or laugh or celebrate.
These are the great writers, poets, song writers, etc.
But sometimes our words hurt people, and sometimes that’s on purpose.
They are a powerful tool, we know that.
We use them to make people feel powerful things,
but then we get to the point where it’s harmful. And that’s not okay.
So we rant, we use words to rant and get our anger out,
to make others understand,
to say what we want to say and have the fire behind it.
They’re just letters we string together and decide to add spaces in between.
We have so many rules for words, and what they do.
We learn them from early on,
"Good morning class, today we will be learning grammar and sentence structure.
The first rule I am going to teach you is easy to remember with a cute rhyme; I before E except after C"
"Excuse me? What about the word WEIRD?"
"Well.. um.. Let’s move on!"
The first rule I am going to teach you is easy to remember with a cute rhyme; I before E except after C"
"Excuse me? What about the word WEIRD?"
"Well.. um.. Let’s move on!"
Turns out we can’t explain everything with words.
Especially emotions.
Have you ever thought to think about why we created swear words at all?
Seriously, we have all these words that we tell our children not to say,
not to ever say.
And some listen,
but even the best of us swear sometimes.
Because sometimes we just have to,we don’t have any other way to explain it.
Especially emotions.
Have you ever thought to think about why we created swear words at all?
Seriously, we have all these words that we tell our children not to say,
not to ever say.
And some listen,
but even the best of us swear sometimes.
Because sometimes we just have to,we don’t have any other way to explain it.
"You don’t understand."
"Then help me understand!"
"I can’t explain it... It’s like. I don't know. i just can’t put it into words."
"TRY."
"Why do you even care about this?!"
"Because… because I f**** love you!"
"Oh."
There are some of us that worship certain phrases, quotes, even lyrics."I can’t explain it... It’s like. I don't know. i just can’t put it into words."
"TRY."
"Why do you even care about this?!"
"Because… because I f**** love you!"
"Oh."
Something as simple as “I love you."
We wait and wait for someone to say it to us.
Or we write our favorite quotes on the wall,
write them on out hands,
highlight them in our books.
We send them to friends for inspiration.
"Hey! I have such an urge to write, but I can’t think of anything!
I want it to be meaningful, you know?"
"Here I have something that will help, I found this online,
'The roses have wilted, the violets are dead, the demons run circles round and round my head.'"
"Wow that was… interesting."
Crafting words is something amazing.I want it to be meaningful, you know?"
"Here I have something that will help, I found this online,
'The roses have wilted, the violets are dead, the demons run circles round and round my head.'"
"Wow that was… interesting."
Some people know exactly how to do it,
exactly how to describe a smell or a feeling or how something looks.
Some words make us cry or laugh or celebrate.
These are the great writers, poets, song writers, etc.
But sometimes our words hurt people, and sometimes that’s on purpose.
"Did you see what so-and-so said?"
"Yeah! Can you believe it?! I can’t believe she did that."
"No wonder they aren’t popular."
And that’s when words are used as weapons."Yeah! Can you believe it?! I can’t believe she did that."
"No wonder they aren’t popular."
They are a powerful tool, we know that.
We use them to make people feel powerful things,
but then we get to the point where it’s harmful. And that’s not okay.
So we rant, we use words to rant and get our anger out,
to make others understand,
to say what we want to say and have the fire behind it.
"It was just supposed to be fun- "
"Well listen, if you thought any of that was fun, you honestly don’t understand human beings, okay?
We make mistakes, all of us. We date the wrong people or we have a dramatic breakup.
We say the wrong thing to a friend who means a lot to us.
But that does not make it okay to kick them while thery are down!
Or kick them at all!
Have some compassion for them, jeez!
Just treat people how you would want to be treated!"
"Well listen, if you thought any of that was fun, you honestly don’t understand human beings, okay?
We make mistakes, all of us. We date the wrong people or we have a dramatic breakup.
We say the wrong thing to a friend who means a lot to us.
But that does not make it okay to kick them while thery are down!
Or kick them at all!
Have some compassion for them, jeez!
Just treat people how you would want to be treated!"
Maybe that's why some people spend 4 years in college learning how to use words.
There's a way to spell them, a way to string them together. A way to form them, a way to write them,
and a way to use them.
There's a way to spell them, a way to string them together. A way to form them, a way to write them,
and a way to use them.
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NiñaEstrella
Nov 09, 2019
This was inspiring, thoughtful, and insightful. The dialogue on the right hand side was for me what made the piece perfect. I completely agree, words are what make our world so interesting, and us writers have the power to make it even better. I loved this!