The tongue cuts deeper than the knife;

Blood congeals, the skin heals

the razors incision is soundless

and sweet.

But your words are like machetes

slashing at my soul

and livid scars remain

long after they have

healed on tissue and on bone.

 

Author: Padraig O'Loingsigh
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I'm a writer, actor,tour guide, producer, theatre director and photographer. I'm interested in writing as a medium and in its ability to create pictures/ tell stories in the minds of others. I've written for the Irish Times, The Guardian and National Geographic Traveller, as a journalist and I'm getting used to the web as a medium for writing and finding a wider audience. I speak Gaelic and Spanish.