I must stay quiet
For my words bring pain
I know the feel of pain
That you feel inside
And that you feel out
I have no wish to harm
No wish for others to feel
That which I endured for years
I must learn to hold my thoughts
Within me once again
No more will I speak them aloud
No more will I share my sorrows
For I do not wish to hurt
To cause another pain
I gave free rein to what
Flowed from the depths
Of a mind that should be silent
In doing so I freed
Other thoughts as well
They begin to flow freely from my fingers
Now I pushed them
Where they were unwanted
And in doing so brought harm
So my mind must now be silenced
My thoughts put back in cages
Never to be freed again.