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Keyboard
A teenager commits suicide,
a cyberstalker ruins a life because of those who use their keyboard -- words sharp as any knife.
The keyboard, ammunition providing power to their voice. They use it without conscience as their weapon of choice.
Each word creates a bullet
in a one-way silent fight.
They shoot without a second thought in the dark hours of the night.
Each shot will hit the mark --
its target finely tuned,
and victims’ tears will fall like blood from each inflicted wound.
The keyboard, a contradiction; while poets use it to inspire, hate-filled hearts assemble the word bullets they will fire.
The keyboard sits in silence hour after hour
like a loaded weapon waiting to unleash its mighty power.
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