I SPEAK NOT

 

I see, I observe and I save in my psyche 

the ordeals of the world 

the trajectories of men as they fall mightily 

wishing they have known and do better 

hush! I said to myself 

cautioning my whole being before jeopardy 

betrayal comes from within 

our worst enemy is our existence 

I turned off my feelings

turned off my emotions 

a betrayal of my six senses 

I won’t be rendered or incapacitated 

before I dig a ditch for my soul 

I need myself to stay on course 

I need myself to strengthen my weaknesses 

master the act of alertness 

I have seen men fall by their words 

great men tarnished their images by their utterances

a man wasted his years in explaining 

another pleaded with Jane doe who ended his life 

mighty men whose glory has gone down the drain

whose reign has long been forgotten

their histories has become a cautionary tale 

great lives cut short by their own making 

I speak not in the counsel of minds 

I refrain from unnecessary certainties 

a man’s greatest lesson isn’t learnt from his own downfall 

rather on the fate of his kinsmen 

I am mute and silent not because i have nothing to say 

a mighty sea of words waves in my psyche 

but I speak not to preserve my soul 

I need me to stay alive to fulfill purpose 

@talk2leigh

(X & insta)

5:07am

29 Sept 2025