Out Loud

I wish I could read my poetry

Out loud and openly

To the person who unknowingly

Inspired their message

Who formed their essence

Who is hidden in every sentence

So they can finally be aware

Every time they were guessing

About thoughts I wasn't expressing

So they can finally know

Oh, so that's what she was repressing

I wish I could read my poems

Out loud and personally

Because reading it internally

With the voice inside their head

Would be different most certainly

Than if they heard the words

Spoken with my voice instead