The words we use are powerful. They can motivate us or tear us down. And once spoken they can't be undone easily.
A concrete poem, also called a shape poem, because the words take the shape of the poem's subject. Concrete poems do not have to rhyme or follow any other poetic word pattern. The most important thing is that the words create a matching picture.
This is my first attempt at a concrete poem with end rhymes. The theme is words that hurt.
Just Words
Take care from words that hurt
They aren't just hollow words
They are like knives that slice
away the love, think twice
Tongues cut, like sharpest knives,
the part where love survives
That carve on your heart words
Like ugly small blackbirds
Sad, lost and unfulfilled
Like castles of sand built
Though you know they'll come down
Like lies when truth is found
Take care of words that hurt
They aren't just hollow words
