A Penny For Your Thoughts

If I can tell what's on my mind, And tell it just the way I feel: That you are gentle and kind, Or are morally blind, Oh well... Won't it be easy and swell? If I can speak then straight from my heart, And say, you pissed me off from the start, Or you brighten my day, I am crazy about you, if I may. And if I can plainly state what I think: You smell sweet as a rose, Or like a skunk you stink; Will it make the world a better place to live If I reveal my folly, foible and pet peeve? With your life at stake, What would you say? Would you court a lie to save the day, Or in the realm of truth would you let your heart sway? Would you wear a smile over your grim face and lie when your sins you confess, Or fall on your knees and cry? What would this life be like If it were only black and white And no shades of gray? No dusk or dawn But just stark nights and bright sunny days? We walk the corridors of twilight And shy away from pitch darkness and the focus of the spotlight; Our thoughts are the most precious -- Good, evil, noble or vicious, We hold them oh so dear, And tiptoe through life lest someone should hear!