Venomous words

Do you know about venom? It is a liquid secreted by a snake through his sharp teeth that dig deep into the skin of its prey. The liquid is poisonous enough to make the prey inactive instantly and then slowly takes away the life out of it. Venom is poison, strong enough to take one’s precious life away. Snakes possess this deadly poison. But, a snake and its prey are creations of God, and they are made so to complete the food chain in the nature. It maintains a harmonious balance in the nature.

But these days another deadly poison have entered this living planet. This time it is not to maintain a particular balance but rather it is just to dominate others without any reason. A creation of God secrete it, but I guess he was not made to do so. This poison is more deadly than the snake’s poison as this one do not take life away from the prey but makes it live with the insult and gloom of being a prey. He is still inactive, maybe because of circumstances, but it is sure that if he falls prey to this venom, he is not the same anymore. This venom is called hate words. This have been a worldwide phenomenon and is used by both high profile criminals to common men. People lately seems like having found a new way to initiate a hate among fellow beings. By the use of harsh words, they try to dominate and often insult others. They find pleasure in making fun of others, making them feel low about themselves. They use the venom to make a person hollow from within. Like a snake, their words might seem to fall on ears but have a deep impact on the prey’s inner personality.

A person might not speak of the impacts harsh words have on him. He might appear the same. But one can understand his pain through his eyes. A prey is always afraid of his predator. Similarly, in the modern times, the predator is not any single person, but everyone who use the power of tongue on the one who he feels is weak.

One should understand that with the use of harsh tongue, harsh tone and harsh words, he can conquer one’s territory but not his heart. He can make him afraid that can never persuade the other one to love or help him willfully. A harsh tongue has no place in the human society and the one who falls prey, be it a weak person, a daughter-in-law, an exploited employee, a suppressed soul, should try to fight it not by equal level of venom but the medicine of love in return, because darkness can only be replaced by light, similarly, hate can also be conquered by an equal amount of love.