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Aurelia Katete's avatar

Eloquently written.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Aurelia. I missed you.

Mark Farley’s wandering’s's avatar

A powerful piece of poetry to start my Tuesday reading.

Words can exhilarate…..

words can also destroy, unfortunately also very true ….

🙏

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Mark! We don't realize their power.

Mark Farley’s wandering’s's avatar

So true 🙏

Celia (aka Afterforever) ✨🎵's avatar

Rea, your poem and the artwork echo each other so strongly. Light and shadow, creation and destruction. You captured how words can be both a wound and a spell. Beautifully done. 💛

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for seeing my words, Celia. 💫🧡

Celia (aka Afterforever) ✨🎵's avatar

You’re welcome, Rea. You write beautifully ✨🧡

G. B. Barin's avatar

Beautiful Rea! Words are a powerful thing, and I can say yours are one of my favorites ❤️

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Gabriela! ❤️

Aster solenne's avatar

Aahh!! Rea!! I really wanted to restack the last line!! 😭❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Another absolutely beautiful piece! 💖🥹

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Aster! I’m happy you enjoyed it! <3

Aster solenne's avatar

Ofcourse dear!💖

pen n. bolsillo's avatar

beautiful. you’re speaking to me now. :)

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Well, thank you, Pen. : )

Ink and Light by Nat Hale's avatar

A beautiful meditation . . words have the power to change our perspective

Summer of Men's avatar

So beautiful area💜💜💜

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Hannah. 🤍🤍

Jen Reich's avatar

Yes...our words matter. Thanks, Rea.

Marie Charon's avatar

Yes—

and sometimes I think every sentence

is a spell cast in the direction of our lives.

We forget how easily language lays foundations:

how a single phrase can open a door,

or lock one.

I’m learning to weigh my words like seeds—

to plant only what I’m willing to tend,

to speak toward the world I want to inhabit,

because even casual utterances

take root somewhere.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

I agree that every word is a spell we cast. Thank you, Marie.

Adrião Pereira da Cunha's avatar

This poem is a solemn hymn to language, reminding us that every word carries weight.

Words are not mere sounds they conjure realities, shaping the fragile fabric of our lives.

They rise like incantations, pulled from hidden depths into the air we all breathe.

Spoken carelessly, they wound, leaving scars that linger long after silence returns.

What seems harmless can become devastating, echoing madness or cruelty without intent.

Yet within their danger lies their gift: words can praise, heal, and lift the broken.

Every utterance becomes a choice between destruction and tenderness, chaos and creation.

The poem insists that language is responsibility, a sacred trust we hold in our mouths.

To speak is to shape the world, to honor its fragility with care and compassion.

And when words are used with love, they become not weapons but blessings, luminous and enduring.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you for taking the time to read and making sense of it, Adrião.

Andrew Lynch's avatar

Lovely. In other words, we need to be aware of our own energy. Take responsibility for yourselves, which means taking responsibility for others in the right way

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Andrew. Exactly.

Emma Steel's avatar

Absolutely! Every word spoken, or even thought, is an incantation that will call forth something. The more you use the positive or the negative, the greater the manifestations over time.

The effects can be hard to recognize in yourself, as they dance like flame, easy to feel, hard to hold.

Be careful who you call; they may stand with you a long time.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

People don't realize this, Emma. Thank you. 💞

Storm Whisperer's avatar

So true and you wrote it beautifully ❤️

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Storm Whisperer. 🤍🤍

AsukaHotaru's avatar

Ohhh this one crackles, Rea — like you’re casting a spell while warning us about spells.

I love how you make words feel like living creatures, half-angel, half-underworld, all-power.

And you’re right… we toss them around like they’re dust, when half the time they’re actually little knives or little lanterns.

Depends who’s holding them, I guess.

Your poem made me sit up straighter — like, “okay okay, I’ll mind my mouth.”

Beautiful surge of imagery, fierce but gentle.

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Words are magical and I'm pleased they did their work. 😊

Thank you for always supporting me. You are a treasure!

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

Thank you, Jake.