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The Words I Can't Say

November 8, 2013
By Ella Soleil SILVER, Madison, Wisconsin
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There are so many things I want to say,
but can’t.
I wonder why I hold myself back,
yet I know.
If I said everything on my mind,
how many people would end up hurt?
Do I hold myself in check so much though,
that I’m actually hurting myself?
When do they become words I can’t say,
instead of words I shouldn't say,
words I won’t say?

© Sara D., Aiken, SC

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