Unspoken Words

A Poem by Jackson Yang

The poem itself is just about life and the choices that we decide to make or not make. It speaks of what we are not willing to say to ourselves let alone to the world. For everyone else they may have other things that hold them back, but this was just a s

They say these words provoke the fire within that creates our drive

They say these words stir the passion of our desires waiting to exhale

The mere mention from within brings forth the questions we always wish to ask

Can these unspoken words take back the days we can no longer have back

From the gestures that tell all with just a single swing

To the movement of the body that tells of all life’s sins

What cannot be said is echoed farther than our fears

The constant battle from all that we choose not to share

The struggle to hold within the blatant words of honest tears

Holding back with fear, knowing you cannot speak without care

But constantly wondering if I should really fear

For those honest words will show I truly care

But what I speak is not just of gestures and signs

What truly goes unspoken are the lies we hold within

The worries that come when you leave your families side

Will they make it back the same as last time

Or are we doomed to see the future we dream of each time

Can this worry ever cease so we can ease our mind

To the regrets we hold because of the decision that we made

Keeping it close even as life has made the day

Wondering whether that choice will ever come again

Never knowing was that really the last time I had to make it come again

To the friends we hold close even as despair rears its ugly head

Never wanting to say goodbye for they were the best of kin

Yet losing the foundation that built the friendship so strong

Is it really worth keeping the friends that are no longer friends at all

To the final tears we shed for the love we cannot let go

Holding on so close to someone that will never come or go

But keeping a faith as life slowly lets go

Even as the tears continue to flow for the love we cannot let go

Yet for some who have the love that still continues to grow

Even as the regrets try to show

Living the fairy tale that only Cinderella knew so

But staying alive as if destiny had already let go

Those many times where not even a whisper can be said

Holds so much that we choose not to deliver again

But those words that hold the messages we need to send

Cannot be held in as long as we want to fight off the worries from within

Hiding behind the mask that shows nothing but smiles

Can only bring tears that will eventually lead to our sorrow

Will you ever learn from the past that holds back the day of tomorrow

Can you sit there and not say a word as your family leaves again

Can you ever let go of the regrets that force your world to the darkness within

Will you ever say goodbye to the friends that have never been friends

Will you finally say goodbye to the love that will never begin

Can you finally become someone worth the love that will eventually begin

The questions that you ask will decide the path that you will take

Will you finally be free and let go of destiny’s stake