Violence

ACID SPEECH BREEDS VIOLENT ACTS

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BUCKLAND  7.7.7.7.
Leighton George Hayne,1836-1883

ACID SPEECH
Melody: William L. Wallace
Harmony: Geri Zanon

1. Acid speech breeds violent acts
   As does use of hurtful names.
   From all these harsh actions flow
   That become much more than games.

2. In our youth we used to say
   “Sticks and stones may break my bones
   But cruel names will never hurt”
   Though they use most spiteful tones.

3. Use of white lies will not work
   For while bodies heal most hurts
   Wounded hearts may never heal
   Staying harmed by what perverts.

4. Hurts to bodies are not good
   And should rightly be condemned
   But each acid tone can lead
   To results that never end.

5. Acid speech comes from within
   From a heart that’s insecure
   With a need to love itself
   To become much more mature.

6. So let’s watch what shapes our speech
   Lest it be an evil pawn
   That destroys our inner love,
   Born a rose and not a thorn.

Text and Melody © William Livingstone Wallace
Harmony © Geri Zanon

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William (Bill) Livingstone Wallace is a retired New Zealand Methodist Minister and one of our most prolific contributors. Bill says that his work springs from communicating with the fire in his gut and his observation of both the internal and external aspects of the Cosmos. Since an early age, he has been both sympathetic to and critical of the church, announcing at the age of 13 his belief in evolution. In his youth, he struggled with the disconnection between art and spirituality in his own and other denominations and with the way in which all of the liturgies prior to the sermon were regarded as preliminaries and longer sermons were viewed as superior to more concise ones.

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