Harsh words somebody says
Like a donkey that brays
I was entangled in a mesh
Likened to eating my brothers flesh
Words that bounced my ears
And a tongue, my heart fears
A habit that I'd begun to dread
Not easy to do but easier said
I closed these ears and sealed my lips
Out of habit though this tongue slips
But conscious I have become
Need to hold self and then some
With time I saw myself change
Speaking good is no more strange
What goes in does come out
What seeds I plant do sprout
Careful now I am to what I listen
Friends around I have now chosen
God in you I seek refuge
Satan is the one I rebuke