Words Withheld (poem)

(poem)

Oxygen when you can’t breathe
Speechless when you want to sing
Say it don’t be afraid
Time passes

Moments lost that you can’t trade
An empty bed in which you lay
Say it don’t be afraid
Hurt passes

Words so simple to say aloud
Carry volumes in their sound
Say it don’t be afraid
Silence passes

A piercing sun ray may come through
Scare off those eerie clouds of gloom
Say it don’t be afraid
Darkness passes

The one truth you were never told
Is that to gain you have to fold
Say it don’t be afraid
Chance passes

Pride when it involves the heart
Has no other role than to corrupt
Say it - if you're too afraid
Love passes

-Lilia Villa