Words

Gossip is ugly.
Your words are a lie.
Feeble attempts to prove they know more about me than I.

My dignity is mine.
Words strike deep.
My composure and my reputation I am fighting to keep.

The tongue is a flame.
Read James chapter 3.
Think twice next time you try to demoralize me.

The actions of which you speak
Are the worst sort of dehumanization
Of me, woman, God’s prized creation.

Female, am I.
Male, are you.
Remember, I have dignity too.