Answer:
I am owned by the poor the rich does not need me. If you eat me you will die!
Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white killed by one blade yet there was no fight. What are they?
I can be long or short. I can be grown or bought. I can be painted or left bare. My tip can be round or square. (one word)
I run smoother than any rhyme I love to fall but cannot climb.
I hide in a dark tunnel awaiting my time. I can only be released by pulling back. Once released I may do unstoppable damage.
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month.