What a powerful and incredible statement and poem. This is one that everyone should keep in their hearts.
Vile words
Roll off the tongue
Placing blame
For things that are done
The hateful words
You frequently say
Hurt our children
Every day
The hatred spewed
And directed at me
Haunt our children
And what they can be
For within their hearts
So pure and true
is part of me
And part of you
Each word spoken
and slip of the tongue
Damages our children
And cannot be undone
So hate me if you must
But speak only kind
For our children’s tender hearts
Are tied up in a bind
Each word destroys
A part of their soul
And hurts them more
Thank you can ever know
Each word spoken
in jest about me
Tells our children
What they can be
By Hook Or By Book 