There are a lot of answers I want,
But no questions I'm willing to ask.
There are a lot of things I want to say,
But none that I will.
The painful restraints shackle my wrists,
Yet I accept them with glee.
For the first time, I understand,
Some words lay better unsaid.
Some questions,
Better unasked.
To this moment I restrain myself,
Not in reluctance.
To this moment,
I learn the truth of patience.
To this memory,
I hold my tongue to not taint the skies that sail behind me.
To this one,
I stay my mind,
To save you the pain.
~Robert van Lingen