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Talk it Out

September 2, 2014
By lily9799 PLATINUM, Franklin, Wisconsin
lily9799 PLATINUM, Franklin, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire


Talk it out.

That’s what you always do,

And what I always help you with--

The difference is

I’m not the talker,

more the listener.

 

I never open up my mouth

but to share my words of wisdom,

or helpful sympathy-

I never had to share my own sadness,

or

worries.

 

It was strange to me,

You must expect,

when I was the one talking-

I didn’t know what I was doing

until you guided me like walking.

 

Words mumbled,

or whispered

or only simply stated-

It’s funny for a writer to say

how do I express my feelings?

 

But soon I got the hang of it,

and words tumbled from my lips.

I may not have talked much,

but just enough for you to see

and heal with soothing sound-

 

Your own words filled me up inside

and pound

and pound

and pounded

out the Sorrow

that had been breeding there-

 

It was a miracle,

Or the closest that I’ve come.

 

Then I learned that words are healing,

When once I thought they came undone


The author's comments:

Be persistent when you have something to say, or seem to have nothing to say.  Sometimes the best cure to sadness is talking even when it's nonsense.


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