Words that Hurt

It’s uncanny
How words
Sometimes
Are given more
Power than
Earthquakes
And
Avalanches.
I said
Words last
Night
That you
Have allowed
To crush your
Heart
When it was
Never my intention
To do so.
My mind was
Gripped in
A blur of
Confusion
And as people
Sometimes
Do words seemed
To come out
Without any thought
Behind them.
Regrets are heavy
And I wish I could
Take them back.
Words are only
As powerful as
You let them
Be.  
You told me
You’ve said
Many things in
Anger you
Didn’t mean.
I believe you.
I hope you
Believe me
When I say
I say words I
Wish I didn’t
Too!