What Kind Of Words Are These? Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Words that stab the heart like a knife
Puncturing the sac of life with their ferocity
Mutilating the organ of love with their acidity
Violating the tranquillity of the heart
With their brutal force

Words that are born of hate
Cancerous words that have no boundary
Destroying the delicate stuff of life with ease
Piercing through the armour of love
Contaminating the soul with their pungent smell

Words that shatter peace
Throwing the peace lovers into turmoil
Overcoming them with a blanket of toxic venom
Overpowering them with their thunderous shots
Sowing the seeds of disharmony among friends