Suffer This

I have forgotten
The meaning
of speaking one's mind
For I silence

Many voices
Around those who are near.
I would extend a hand
In friendship, in love

In companionship, in easy listening.
If you would but take hold.
I hear the voice in you
That does not speak

And the shadows
Cluster around your dreams.
I wish to say
That I too know this darkness

But shh.

We should not speak of such things.

I cannot offer to soothe
What I should not know
And our world wishes not to hear
Such unhappy news

So we will smile
And speak of all things trivial
And amusing
And ignore our weighted souls.

I am sorry I have condemned us both
To suffer this silence.