There is no silence like speaking…
Half-truths make a better fence,
Than stone walls could ever be.
Cover up the wounds with smiles
And laugh memories into a corner.
If you have to paint your lips
And pin them in place to fit in,
At least you have a chance.
There is no silence like speaking…
Keep it up and you might believe
These pillars more than prison bars
Around your teeth
To sift your speech
And train a once idle tongue.
There is no silence like speaking,
Except each breath is like breathing lead
And your lungs and heart grow heavy still..
Inhale.
Exhale.
Stop.
.
.
.
Begin again.
Moonlit Poetry 