|midnight thoughts|

Silent

Do not dare
to open your mouth.

Because when you talk,
people judge.
And when they judge,
you end up hurt.

So you sit there,
living in fear
of what they think of you.
Letting you think about
all the things
that you would want to do,

had you had the courage
to open your mouth
and speak;
but you know
that all that's going
to come out
is a little, tiny squeak.

You spoke so rarely that
they surely thought you were mute,
but had you had a bit of courage,
you'd be so, so far from minute.