Devious Journal Entry
Whisper by *lpeters on deviantART
This is a powerful image. It makes me think of peer pressure and hazings, of people who are manipulated by the phrase, "If you really loved me, you'd do this..."
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can break parts of us that may never heal.
Words have power; people treat words as being more solid than rock. I can stand on a small cement island between two torrents of vehicles, and I am safe - because of words. Our country's future, the way we treat outsiders, the amount of help we give the poorest of us, in fact who gets to run the country may change - because of words.