L**e

We treat the word    
like it's      
dirty;    
an obscenity;      
a forbiddance;    
and we are children again,    
letting the very first inch of our innocence die away    
as we add it in, little
embellishments      
of hushed swear words    
in our sentences,    
resisting,    
daring    
for the first time    
in our young lives.    
     
Who's gonna say it?    
Who's got the guts?    
     
Who'll end up taking the risk    
     
first,    
by a fraction of a second,    
as the other is reaching for it?    
     
Some childish part of me wants    
bad    
to give in;    
indulge in those young thoughts...    
     
Bad words    
     
These are bad words    
     
and no one can stop us    
     
from saying them