Graveyard

I sit in a graveyard

of the things I want to say 

because I'm too scared. 

the words are wasting away

sinking through the earth

because I'm afraid

of getting hurt

I speak no lies 

but I speak no truths. 

I speak what I believe to be true

in the minds of others

and forgive the undeserving

because I'm afraid

of getting hurt

I let words slip between my fingers

let things gone unsaid

let others step over my grave

become a shadow ignored by all

forgotten

because I'm so afraid

of getting hurt