Undeserved cruelly cutting words from someone

who had been created out of love,

raining down like physical blows

bruising, breaking, belabouring, bloodshedding,

robbing you of well-earned peace of mind.

Affection, respect, compassion thrown out,

rudely discarded as valueless.

But no Good Samaritan passes by

to cherish, console and comfort you,

applying an ointment of reassuring kind words.

Only time and yourself can heal these wounds.

Bread had been given freely, but sharp stones hurled back

on the dusty ungrateful, rough road to Jericho.