"Selective Silence"

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My words often flow like a boundless river.

But on occasion, a dam halts the stream.

I wish to speak but the words stay put.

Its a silence like in a dream.

I do not choose these moments.

When I wish the words would flow again,

when I wish that I could scream.

Its a state of painful inability to tell you what I need.

Im often forced out of this funk by someone who means it well.

But they fail to understand the things that I fail to tell.

You see I wish to speak the truth.

But not to speak it, within the presence of you.

-Oliver

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