Sonnet: Healing Wounds

The wounds of flesh can heal by drugs and care; Remove agents opposing healing act; Excision by doctors is something rare; Yet, nature heals most wounds with time and tact. The wounds by words of mouth are slow to heal; The damage caused is incredibly huge; The pain and misery, we always feel; In God, we ultimately take refuge. The tongue can speak most cruel words that hurt; The ‘bone-less mass’ can move like fox and snake; It craftily produces lies like dirt; Consoling words and sounds too, it can make! Man hurts by words in ways unpredicted; God heals the wounds of hearts, man-inflicted. Copyright by Dr John Celes 11-10-2005