Now's the Time To Speak

Now's The Time To Speak © Ben Burton 1-10-2015 It's so damned hard to lose someone Who's always been a part of you To pick back up and carry on Enduring living's worst abuse Without regret for those things done But, oh, the things you didn't do While watching death's first setting sun And knowing dawn can't be renewed But wishing for another chance To simply take a walk outside A shoulder hug or hand-in-hand With no emotion left denied For time is precious by and by And one will vanish through the doors The words withheld are lost in time Can't be applied on earthly shores It's strange how something with no cost Creates a fortress, makes us blind And we become afraid to cross That bridge which leads to peace of mind With consciousness a fleeting thing Embarrassment should not deter The heart's desire to gently bring The loving thought to spoken word And yet, most people cannot change The paranoia deep within Until they get the awful taste The loss of mother, son, best friend For, though the warning signs abound It's human nature, after all The world continues spinning round While most withhold their warmest thoughts No soapbox needed to express What has been said ten thousand times There's little hope for no regrets But now's the time to speak... before those last goodbyes