The Pen is Mightier then the Sword
With your fist
You strike a blow
Upon man's cheek
To let blood flow
No brain to converse
No heart to listen
All that helps
Is to get into prison
With your words
Or a simple gestures
Be surprised to find
Your not on a stretcher
No mess is left
No harm is done
In my opinion
It's a battle won
A sword draws blood
A pen draws feeling
One draws pain
Other draws meaning
With might alone
No thought to ponder
You leave imagination
All thought of wonder
The pen is mightier
That will always be so
Its not what i think
It's what i know
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i say it is good to take out older ideas and use them to the writers will.; you still get the meaning you want yet you have i few more twists of your own
This is good but I still have something against it: you are rewriting one of the oldest clichés. Why dig it up from its rotty grave? Why not make your own axiom? "'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an adage coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839." See, it is rather old, isn't it? Digging it up and trying to redo it is hard. You really have to be unique and original to even remake it, so it is a struggle to write about it in the first place.
The second thing I have to comment on is the spaces between your lines and the lack of punctuation. It may have been a format error, but you don't need spaces between each line. Why not take a look at this article? Poetry & Punctuation by Moi.
I suggest that if you are going to take on such a cliché as this, be sure to bring your own weapon to the battle. You might want to consider better word choice, more metaphors, and a more solid message. The title says everything you say in the poem, so why should I even read the poem?
I love it! It really explains how words are better than actiona and how powerfull writers are.
I really have no complaints here.
Keep up the good work!!!
~Star