Answer:
A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all.
Power enough to smash ships and crush roofs. Yet it still must fear the sun.
What hangs others yet can unintentionally hang itself?
We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size.What are we?
What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?