The unspoken word was afraid to come out.
It had a good message,
But it also had a doubt.
So it remained unspoken.
It was afraid people wouldn't listen,
People wouldn't be open.
So many times it tried to speak up,
The promise they would listen.
But the promise was broken.
I have nothing to lose,
It thought to itself.
If I was a book,
I wouldn't want to remain on the shelf.
I want to be open up and being read.
Let it be any story,
Funny,
Interesting or sad.
But the unspoken word didn't say anything once again.
Too many players in the game,
Too many voices.
They all sound so loud and convincing.
What's my little word going to do?
Who's going to listen?
Maybe someone else has the same message,
Maybe it has been said already.
It's not the right time anyway.
Maybe later.
It's going to take too long to explain,
People are impatient,
You know how they are.
The unspoken word always had a good excuse.
There always seemed to be a good reason to doubt itself.
Unspoken is safe,
Unspoken is risk-free.
Unspoken feels so good until it doesn't.
Until it turns into an unspoken scream,
A scream so loud,
Only the unspoken hear.
An unheard voice,
Passive-aggressive,
Partially depressive.
Because it never came out,
Never expressed itself.
No one to blame and that's what makes the unspoken word even more angry.
Next time it says,
Next time,
Next time I'm going to be myself.
I'm not going to make any calculations,
I'm not going to overthink it,
I'm not going to compare myself,
I'm going to share of myself.
One day the unspoken word gathered all its strength and spoke.
It was a 360° transformation and finally it found some hope.
It wasn't so bad and actually felt kind of good.
And given the looks on the eyes of the people it was understood.
The unspoken word couldn't recognize itself.
It got itself unstuck.
The unspoken became spoken and it knew it won't stop.
It started to talk and talk,
Talk at conventions,
Talk to friends,
Sometimes to complete strangers,
To no end.
It felt good and liberated.
As if the dam was finally broken.
And it promised itself never ever to remain unspoken.
