Sometimes silence is preferred To those constant constricting string of compliments Written in your words and thrown off your tongue With careless heed of the damage that they do Irrevocable words of the lies of love and lust Drip drip dripping down from your lips To fall simultaneously in hearts and in the gutter Where ******* collects and rains pour down Eradicating all trace, but for the heart in which it kindled No recognition from lips whose secret they once held Now long forgotten and poorly remembered; Lacklustre speech trailed and its meaning dismembered Ill-gotten feelings poorly deceived when hopefully conceived From the deceptions which derided and descended From lips once bloodied; now full of false testament.