I'll not add
burden to my words
let my lips be sealed
lest I cause more hurt
the best have been uttered
what's left should be purged
and yours I've long heard
we both lost our way
we fell backward--

words, words, words
the more said
the more absurd
unworthy as dirt

we are somehow
each a betrayer of truth
it's easy to understand
lies, oh how they suit!

let me be a child
only then could I be good
every word spoken
would be beyond guile
never crude nor rude

in these days darkening
(  in impassioned reflecting)
I wish I could
expunge what I said
rid myself of the counterfeit
and pretence totally shed