Gossip

it was mean and cruel

why it was even said aloud made no sense

the knife cut her deep

no one could see she was bleeding inside

the pain almost unbearable to hide

but she did not speak a word

and when it became something that was talked about openly

she felt that pain each time 

the saddest part about it, 

she couldn't stop it

and she couldn't tell him

he couldn't know 

how she was hurting or why

she would do anything to protect him

but he was wise and sensed the unevenness

he knew what he had to do

he told her, " be strong, they'll never hurt us.."

"I don't care what they say, it won't change the way we feel.." 

and then he used the saboteurs' knife in the only way he could

and cut them all with the sharpness of his tongue

until they lay bleeding on the floor...

it was later said that gossip 

was their demise and

the cruel joke that they perpetuated

was set upon them, such a deadly lesson

to be learned

ah, yes indeed. 

Gossip

5/18/13