some poetry on a friday....

Word Power ©
Suzanne Daniels

I carry so much weight,
politicians throw me around in superficial debates
i wait,
until just the right time,
and release literal spiritual vibrations when my masters let me fly
i've caused people to die both literally and metaphorically,
but i can also build people up spontaneously
i cut like ginsu knives when strive to make others cry
and sometimes i form the skeleton of a lie,
i can seduce a woman like the sweetest lullabye and
i can annihilate manhood in the blink of an eye
i'm passed along through generations
i was spoken when ancestors poured libations
when multiplied on paper i form policy
and my strength even influences history
i can shock and cause catastrophe
many a life has been lost because of me
when you speak me i promote endless possiblities
choose me carefully and never carelessly
i form the outcome of people's lives you see
along with my cousins Thought and Deed
people try to twist me, but i always come back ferociously
when i'm all dressed up, i sound quite lovely
but most times that i'm dressed, people are using me selfishly
i can be a form of therapy, but cowardly people are scared of me
when used effectively i can serve as spiritual weaponry
my meanings vary contextually and i can control weak minds like puppetry
artists lay me on their melodies, and then they sex me musically,
alot of people spit me out, and afterwards their through with me,
i'm inscribed on people's graves and spoken at their eulogies
i form the meat of prophecy and manifest unstoppably
never underestimate me
for my power stands unshakeably
and every time you speak me, i lend you power freely
so choose me very carefully, for i do create your destiny,
word power...