i should just keep my mouth shut
and never talk
and never explain how i feel.
because whenever my mouth opens
to try to explain my mind
i lead myself down a treacherous stream
of stutters, stops, and sighs
the blind leading the blind.
i don't know why i even try
to verbally explain how I feel
because all it leads to is aching hearts and dangling tears
strangled inside a tightened reel.