How do you describe
When words are pretty
When the way letters are arranged
Can comfort you when you need it
Can move you so deeply
Can defy being described by themselves
How can pretty words mend what they didn't break?

How do you describe
When words are ugly
When the way the letters are arranged
Can crush you entirely
Can carve a hole deep inside you
Can make you want to carve the hole yourself
How can ugly words take what they didn't give?

How do you describe
When words become meaningless
When a person can do all of this to you without them
And not feel a thing?
How do you describe
When you let them?