keep your mouth shut when you're talking to me

            sleeves over my mouth
keep the spit from dripping
                                     on my chin. ..


                  keep it shut,
          keep the words inside.

I tried. 

I tired, 

Silence.

                    mind floods, 

                          overbears. 

                                the words tare,

                                       a silent tear.. 

                                               it is all too much to bare.