Bite your tongue, you won't regret it.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Positioned in order to hear
Tales of tall thought’s taunting
Lies move along the palate
Lips moving in silence
Sounds traveling into innocent ears
Moving to the soul of pure heart
Twisting and turning it’s valves
Cutting off it’s brain from power
Unable to speak only hear
Anger raging within yet, a calm look
Frozen in time unable to move
Insults with hurtful sounds
Fear created by a fool with words
Hark! A listener from afar
An Angel sent from heaven above
Speaking in silent tones only one can hear
Matthew 10:28
“ And fear not them which kill the body.
But are not able to kill the soul”
Their soul gently came to peace
While the bully was still speaking
This gentle soul let these words travel
Into one ear and out the other
Their pain had disappeared
“If the tongue does not speak then the mouth is empty”
LISTEN MAN
DON'T YOU
UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE SONG'S
REALLY ABOUT
BREAK MY HEART
FROM THE START
IT HAPPENED WHEN
YOU OPENED
YOUR MOUTH
DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME
I DON'T THINK YOU CARE
THE JOKES IN BELEIVING
YOUR HEART BREAKS
WHEN YOU'VE HEARD
THOSE NASTY THINGS YOU SAY MAN.
THOSE LITTLE INSULTS THAT MAKE
PEOPLE LAUGH.
I GOT ONE FOR YOU.
MY FOOT IN THE SEAT
OF YOUR PANTS.
BOOT COO LAY SHE DO
AH COUPER
SUPER DOPER LOOKER
SUM THANG LIKE AH PEPE!
Fiercely his tongue lashed.
Head bowed her spirit bleeds out.
Invisible cut.
Lashing out in a huff gives hug
'Til deep within a scar he dug
Life with a angry~happy man
A fake smile saying life is grand
While in the kitchen the wife cooks
Getting by with hook or crook
As she pours sweet Pine~Sol too
Smell the savory scent of stew
Holding a hot coal to calm nerves
Anger dispersed throughout swerve
Acidic antidote poured out
Ruined the vessel's long strong spout
Living with angry~happy man
From outside life looked all time grand
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper
Contest: Jutapose Oddly
Written: November 05, 2013
Chains break and lash out towards the moon,
Paving way for the dusk of impurity.
A piece of my mettle falls
Despoiling the papered faces
Control lost as another descends
Past moments dripping away
Thereafter…constant
Individual bits of my essence falling
Exposed of crystalline fragility
Unnoticed and tacit traces
Breaking off to wholly decrease
Myself…fading
Tenure of uncounted moments
Deep within my possession
Unseen behind dark sunglasses
Afraid to reveal the millions of you
Jewels…uncut
Holding a core of caprice desires
The whimsy of you in thoughts
Prayers offered within dreams
Everyone falling in aging descent
Wanting…solace
Alas, all my possessions offered
To breathe of your sounds again
And fill these vacant corridors
Instead immersing in old photos
Yellowing…stained
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