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Say Nothing

As actions speak louder than words, And words are seldom said these days I watch strange bodies move See what they have to say And catch the reflection of my own twisted shape Bent and manipulated By the weight Of a grief unspoken, And silence is a hard habit to break And silence is not golden But dark and lightless And silence has nothing to say Ever, I close like a clam Rock shut Shut up, My tongue is like a caged animal, Kept captive to long It may never survive in the wild, The beast could do some damage Better to bite it And say ….

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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