Listening ears don't come easy Most come with mouths harbouring wagging tongues Pouncing on the chance to retell your story Exploiting your need to empty acrid lungs
Listening ears, they're indeed very rare Unidentifiable no matter how well you know Lurking behind a mask of concern and care Sweet words employed so your cards you'd show
Listening ears could be just a myth An idiom to quench the thirst to confide Listening ears sometimes come with fangs for teeth Hungering and lusting for your trust and pride
Listening ear, oh why you come with a mouth so foul Why the cunning trickery and unscrupulous deceit Kindness as bait, when in fact you prowl Many none the wiser until they are bit
Listening ear, in you I gave my trust I bared my innermost and gave my all Hoped that you'd soothe my ailing crust Instead you lifted me high only to watch me fall
The covenant of secret-keeping is not for everyone.