Stop.
Do not speak.
You do not understand—
You can not understand—
What you have said,
So do not speak—
Do not speak to me.
How could you know—
How could you pretend to know—
What I feel,
How I think,
Who I am?
You don't know my motives,
My hopes,
My fears.
You can not know
Why
I act this way,
Why
I say these words,
Why
I stay hidden,
Why
I seem broken.
You have no idea
How
My mind works,
How
I process life,
How
I survive.
Do you?
No.
How could you?
You don't listen,
You don't see.
Good.
I don't want you to.
Why can't you be silent too?
I know
You think you know,
But you don't,
You can't,
And I like it that way,
But please stop.
Don't speak
When you can't hear.
Don't joke
When you don't know
What you are laughing at.
You wouldn't aim a gun,
Hoping it's not loaded,
So why shoot me down?
You wouldn't hold a knife
Near someone's chest,
So why stab me
In the back?
You would never kill
An innocent person,
So why tear me apart?
Silence!
I don't want
Apologies,
Sympathy,
No—
That disgusts me.
Just
Back
Off.
Give me some space.
Shut
Your
Mouth.
We are done.
Goodbye.
No,
I'm not leaving;
You are.
YOU ARE READING
Random Thoughts
PoetryThis is kind of just my brain and random thoughts I feel like sharing with someone in the middle of the night. Don't take any of it for more than it is because I'm always fine. Also, please don't judge the whole book by the first few poems. I promis...
