Quiescence

I'm trying 

To decide

Which way to go

 I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere..... 

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Along the odyssey of life
Certain individuals
Feel the need to be understood

As they yearn for understanding

Presuming
Voicing their concerns to another - as they vent
Will lead them towards a forgotten direction

Turning to a relative
 Stranger, significant other
Or close friend

For advisement - terms of guidance

Starting their story at the beginning
In a state of
Uncertainty

Asking:

What would you do if you were me?
Am I doing the right thing?
What should I believe?

Will I regret 
 Following what I can't see
But in my heart, I already know

There is no easy answer
So more than one person is asked
In an attempt to make sense out of aspects

That'll never be in their hands to control....

The following poem exemplifies
The susceptibility 
of spoken words

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Better Left Unsaid

Written: October 13, 2003

How can one 

Utter words

Which in reality has no meaning

How can one 

Hold back

For silence, is misleading

Caught between a deaf ear & raging screaming.....

Sound

Silenced the pleading

The second it was told

No longer

A mystery

As you shattered the unknown

Gathered 

In spoken words

Emerged in multi tones

No depth

In understanding

As you planned it

For now 

You are bare

Stripped down to nakedness

In your thought(s)

You needed

To share

Misinterpretation

To stares

Vulnerable to care

What was hoped 

To accomplish

Was remotely demolished

An unplanned lesson was learned:

The words you speak entrap you

To the ears in which

They're heard.

© LaToya S. C.