A stinging slap will leave a superficial smudge. A poem of vengeful imagery will haunt for a lifetime.

opening eyes and hearts will close down the barriers that divide us

Phlem floods voids where flowers once grew

Words can cause and heal the deepest wounds

The sincerity of words are delivered from the eyes and heard by the heart.

Pain can make us strong.

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When you boil it down,
No matter your intellect:

"Biscuit, please, master"

If you want to learn first hand, ignore the voice of experience.

Within each tear there's a lesson.

Children soak up the world. Do them a favour, show them the sea of goodness, the waterfalls of love, and the perils that lay in the rivers dark.