Sticks and stones

Words are often less harsh than silence,
The power weapon- the tool
For controlling people, used by those who know that
Others will feel the solidity of the absence
And desperately wish to fill it.
Silence
Is golden, and gold is always held by
The dragons, 
By the biggest and the strongest
While others recognise its power but
Cannot hope to grasp it for themselves.
Silence
Can create wars and bring down
Empires; as the wielder of the weapon
Smiles with an absence of emotion
That is just another kind of silence.

It hurts more to be ignored by those
We care about than to be outright
Wounded, for wounds can heal
If clean cut, but burns will fester
Like the poisonous bite of a dragon
Gorged on gold.
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I really liked the emotion in the words and the overall truthfulness of the silent treatment. I agree that it's worse than words. But I also agree with firepen; I'm not sure the title quite fits, I think a more suitable name would be silence, but it's just a suggestion.

Overall I really enjoyed this piece.
My rating:4.7*s

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firepen
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firepen wrote a review · Sun May 27, 2012 5:22 pm

I love the poem. I quite like the way you stop the lines half way through, it gives the poem rhythm. However, I'm not sure that the title quite fits, you don't really mention anything about sticks and stones until the last stanza, maybe something to do with silence would have been a better choice? But I like the metaphors you use to describe things and I would like to read more by you.

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LadySpark
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Hi there! I'm Drama and I'm here to review.

I really really liked this poem. It's a subject that's covered every now and again, but you wrote it in a new way. My nitpick is about the flow of it. You end lines where you shouldn't, like-

Silence, is golden,
and gold is always held by the dragons .
By the biggest and the strongest

I'm not sure if this was on purpose, because poems are sometimes written like that, but I decided to point it out just in case.

That goes for most of the poem, but I think you can fix it by yourself. :)

Very impressive poem! Your rhythm was off, but the thought and words were nice.

Sorry I haven't been a very good reviewer! If you have any questions or need any help, just let me know!
~Drama



I wonder if people felt the freedom in our culture to love louder, if they'd be quicker to say "I miss you" when the absence of someone is felt instead of just thinking it.
— soundofmind