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MY PEN, MY SWORD

Words,
    . . . Stroked with the best of intentions
Still risk,
    . . . Devastating consequences 
A term of endearment
    . . . Betrayed by a kiss
Destruction and ruin
    . . . The result of the meaning missed 
Words can be weapons
    . . . When carelessly wielded by hands
Scars can run deep
    . . . When meaning, we misunderstand 
A man may be betrayed
    . . . But not by a friend
Like a brother, they are loyal
    . . . Faithful to the end 
Would you stand for a comrade
    . . . Though the heavens fall
Believe only the best
    . . . Through the worst of it all 
There is so much to be said
    . . . Friend to friend
But so very few words
    . . . With which to contend
        . . . And even far less time 
My friend,
    . . . I'd fall on my sword, my pen
        . . . Before I stroked one word of  
                    injury
            . . . To my comrade, my friend 
I could use a million words,
    . . . To express how I feel inside 
Still,
    . . . A million words could never 
                convey
        . . . All that is spoken
            . . . In the week of an eye 
                 . . . A week between friends 
 
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