This is what a strung together for last week's Three Word Wednesday. The words are brandish, forbid, and manage.
I make a statement punctuated
with forbidden tears
As you brandish your
laughter and mockery
I stare at your back
Your shield
Your voice trailing off
As you walk away
I ask you to stay
Maybe manage to sit next to me
So we can whisper instead of shout
You pull out
your weapon of mass destruction
Silence
I make a statement punctuated
with forbidden tears
As you brandish your
laughter and mockery
I stare at your back
Your shield
Your voice trailing off
As you walk away
I ask you to stay
Maybe manage to sit next to me
So we can whisper instead of shout
You pull out
your weapon of mass destruction
Silence
5/17/2011 11:09 PM
For all the pain that this piece describes I felt it was written with a restrained and dignified pride. I hope you get a few more readers as I thought it was very well done.
5/18/2011 12:43 AM
A very different take on silence; and a good use of the three words. What got me was "So we can whisper instead of shout" - and then the punch of that last stanza, unexpected despite the title.
Richard