I'm hoping that the dust gathered
From things I always wanted to say but never had the chance to
Can someday be put to good use
That maybe
The words i wrapped around my tongue like barbed wire in order to keep them from slipping out
Will one day find their graceful exit from the spaces between my teeth
There are so many sentences that
I never let leave my vocal chords
Instead kept them as prisoner
Inside my weary mouth
I am burying myself beneath all of my missed opportunities
Hoping that someday
I'll be able to dig myself out
I am hoping
That one day
I won't be haunted
By things left unsaid.