What contains poison that you give and take?
Where words and actions can make or break
Shared with all and made opaque
Or kept inside for others' sake
The solution is a single-word answer.
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$\begingroup$ My suggestion for a title revision is to make it clear that this is the actual goal, and that the body content is just details. Otherwise, lead-in text and/or a final line would be a good idea. $\endgroup$ – feelinferrety Aug 30 '17 at 21:23
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$\begingroup$ @feelinferrety I'm happy with this now. I feel I've done what I can, so we'll see what the community thinks now. $\endgroup$ – rybo111 Aug 30 '17 at 22:17
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1$\begingroup$ *stamps* APPROVED! $\endgroup$ – feelinferrety Aug 30 '17 at 22:39
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Maybe the answer is
opinions
What contains poison that you give and take?
The word "poison" is inside "opinions", and you can give an opinion or take someone's opinion into account
Where words and actions can make or break
Shared with all and made opaque
Or kept inside for others' sake
You can bare your opinion for all to see with words or actions, but unpopular opinions might be offensive to some people so it's sometimes advisable to keep them to yourself.
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It could be
balloons (8 letters if you don't count the s)
which contain
carbon dioxide
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$\begingroup$ @MeaCulpaNay A previous edit said it had 8 letters. I was thinking it could be lungfull, though $\endgroup$ – benzene Aug 31 '17 at 2:46
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Well, if taken literally,
it could be 'breathes'
For
What contains poison that you give and take?
Exhale contains CO2 (a poisonous gas) and take - is for inhale
Where words and actions can make or break
While speaking words, one has to inhale / exhale as well that is breathe and sometimes we may lose words (or breath itself, while talking)
Shared with all and made opaque
In a quarrel, while doing a verbal exchange - which tarnishes (opaque) one's image and
Or kept inside for others' sake
We should hold (or kept) our beathe for others who depend on us / whom we are dear to !
answered Aug 31 '17 at 8:15
